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TIL that the Olympic torch relay was invented by the Nazis to promote the Third Reich at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

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gmRX TIL that on the last night of their tour in Paris, Kanye and Jay-Z performed “N*ggas in Paris” 11 times in a row.
P1Lkg TIL about Blackout Cake, sometimes called Brooklyn Blackout Cake, which is a chocolate cake filled with chocolate pudding and topped with chocolate cake crumbs. It was invented during WWII by a Brooklyn bakery, Ebinger's, in recognition of the mandatory blackouts to protect the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
07yv TIL that for over an hour on February 7th 2008, Comcast accidentally broadcast porn instead of Cartoon Network in Nashville, Tennessee. In another incident, Comcast replaced Disney Channel with hardcore porn for subscribers in Lincroft, New Jersey.
pYnv4 TIL According to English laws for co-production of movies, the majority of movies making over $50 million in UK Box Offices were UK productions.
j6wGQ TIL that the My Little Pony: Friendship/Fallout fusion fanfiction Fallout Equestria doesn't just have physical editions, but the third edition is in the catalog of the Library of Congress.