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TIL that Lady Gaga’s father, Joe Germanotta, pioneered the installation of wireless internet access in hotels when he started the company ‘Guest WiFi’ in 2002

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VMvem TIL of half-life of knowledge is the amount of time that has to elapse before half of the knowledge or facts in a particular area is superseded or shown to be untrue. An engineering degree went from having a half life of 35 years in ca. 1930 to about 10 years in 1960.
9YRJ6 TIL in 2008 the Mayor of Belleville Illinois banned anyone over 12 from trick-or-treating, with violators receiving fines or even jail time.
oBy4K TIL: There´s a fast food place called "Wienerschnitzel" and one thing you can´t get there is a Wiener Schnitzel.
4gxw TIL that the character Kenny on South Park is based on a real childhood friend of Trey Parker, who was named Kenny, was the poorest kid in town, wore a large parka that muffled his voice and would frequently skip school, inspiring the running joke that “he died” by classmates
MNbm TIL The lyrics to Percy Sledge’s “When A Man Loves A Woman” were completely improvised by Sledge on the recording. He improvised so well that his the session musicians assumed that he had pre-written lyrics.