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TIL There's a town in Portugal famous for phallic pastries

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R5r7a TIL Willow Creek, California is known as " Bigfoot Capital of the World" and has a Bigfoot Museum housing 30 plaster cast footprints, including one measuring 16 inches. It is close to Bluff Creek, where the famous Patterson Gimlin Bigfoot footage was filmed
JYWPv TIL mexican singer Chalino Sanchez received a note saying if he played the show he'd be murdered. In the video you can see him reading the note following a flawless performance, he was killed exiting the show.
1a94r TIL Red Rocks Amphitheatre was removed from consideration for the award for best outdoor venue in the word because it kept winning over and over (11 times). The award is now known as the Red Rocks Award.
EgMdd TIL The shipwreck of M/S Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea on September 28, 1994 and caused 852 deaths, is only about 80 meters below sea level. If you were to put the ship on her transom with the bow pointing to the sky, about half of the ship would be above the surface of the water.
pme TIL there are no Walmarts in New York City due to intense opposition from local unions and politicians