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TIL a man was once so displeased with the treatment he received from his bank that he legally changed his name by deed to “Mr. Yorkshire Bank PLC are Fascist Bastards” so that every check he made out would have that message on it.

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bKxN TIL that the small town of LaRue, OH is the smallest town to ever have a professional American Football team. The Oorang Indians were an all Native American team coached by Jim Thorpe and were also one of the first teams to incorporate a half-time show.
OGan4 TIL just like in the Tarantino film “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”, Sharon Tate really did have a habit of going barefoot in Los Angeles. When she went to restaurants with a "No Shoes, No Service" rule, she would frequently put rubber bands around her ankles to pretend that she was wearing sandals.
Z5Qv TIL Peter Berg & “Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan wrote a script titled “Tonight he Comes” about a superhero who could not make love because his ejaculate would kill a woman. Vince Gilligan left to create “Breaking Bad”, and Berg took over the original script, which eventually became “Hancock.”
loYdN TIL while recovering from a plane crash, Howard Hughes decided he didn't like his bed so he called in a group of engineers to design a new one which served as a prototype for modern hospital beds
KOZAB TIL producer George Young suggested AC/DC add bagpipes to "It's a Long Way to the Top" after learning that singer Bon Scott had been in a pipe band. Scott agreed despite having never played the bagpipes before; he had actually been the pipe band's drummer.