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TIL DJ Khaled used to go by the name Arab Attack but changed it after 9/11 to not appear insensitive.

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GYPmj TIL that our eyes see everything upside down and we only see the reality because our brains reverse the picture that our eyes see
JY1Ql TIL The Russians made an experimental tank called the 'Tsar Tank' that had two giant wheels, and was shaped like a tricycle.
ow5Y TIL on the first day of Lent in the village of Brodilovo, Bulgaria, villagers practice ‘Dog Spinning.’ A dog is suspended above water on a rope. The dog is turned repeatedly in a given direction to wind the rope, then released so that it spins rapidly in the opposite direction as the rope unwinds.
xV0Wo TIL Goofy Goober Rock from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) is a parody of the Twisted Sister song “I Wanna Rock”.
X54r TIL in 1979 when New York City made it illegal to carry open containers of alcohol in public, the law was pitched to only target the anti-social homeless. A city councilman supporting the law: “We do not recklessly expect the police to give a summons to a Con Ed worker having a beer with his lunch”.