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TIL The RIAA Tried To Outlaw MP3 Players In 1998.

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xPvD TIL that an ambulance was stationed outside a screening of The Human Centipede 2 as a joke, until a woman became so physically ill after viewing the film that actual paramedics were needed
kOp0g TIL that the last German Kaiser, Wilhelm II (born 1859), lived to see the rise of Hitler and the first two years of WW2, dying in 1941. When Hitler took Paris, he wrote a telegram, writing "Congratulations, you have won using my troops."
mgYY TIL that X-files character Dana Scully is responsible for a surge of women pursuing academic careers. This became known as the “Scully Effect”
j8LM TIL Winston Churchill, when asked if he exercises, said, “I get my exercise serving as pall-bearer to my many friends who exercised all their lives.”
VO7B TIL that oxford dictionary inserted a fictitious word “Esquivalience” in order to protect copyright of the publication. The fake entry was included in dictionary.com.