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TIL Kanamara Matsuri (Penis Festival) is held in April at the Kanayama Shrine in the city of Kawasaki

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yQN9V TIL a school in Bromley, England, once held a rock concert featuring some of their young pupils: A band called "The Little Ravens" with 12-year-old Peter Frampton on guitar, and "George And The Dragons" with lead singer David Bowie.
vPb1K TIL professional wrestler Haku is widely considered by many in the industry to be the toughest and greatest legitimate fighter in the industry. In one encounter, a drunk fan called wrestling fake and pushed Haku, who bit his nose off in response
VjnD TIL the painter Raphael snuck into the Sistine Chapel to look at the unfinished work while Michelangelo was gone, and upon seeing the paintings, went back to a completed painting of his own at the Church of Sant'Agostino, scraped it off the wall, and started completely over.
R5D76 TIL in the Netherlands there is a chain of restaurants called 'Brownies & Downies'. The majority of the work force has Down syndrome (link in Dutch).
v1dwL TIL that famous jazz pianist Fats Waller was kidnapped by gangsters for three days in Chicago in 1926. He was the "surprise guest" at Al Capone's birthday party. He was later found very drunk, extremely tired, and had earned thousands of dollars in cash from Capone and other party-goers as tips.