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TIL Game of Thrones has brought more than $100 million to Northern Ireland’s economy

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W7EJL TIL: You can name a cockroach after your ex at the San Antonio zoo
xQKw TIL That the “Help me Tom Cruise, I’m on fire!” scene from Talladega Nights is based on an actual past NASCAR event when alcohol fuels were in use. These fuels burn clear, making fires on the track invisible to observers.
yQxBM TIL developers in China built a sex theme park ‘Love Land’ with naked human sculptures, giant replica genitals, sex technique workshops and a photo gallery on the history of sex. It was deemed a negative influence on Chinese society and the government demolished it before it could open
e0KEb TIL that after his infant son was seriously injured in an accident, the author Roald Dahl helped to invent a medical device, the Dahl-Wade-Till shunt. The device has since been used to help over 3000 children worldwide.
OopJR TIL President Carter "fended off a killer rabbit" that swam out to attack him.