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TIL the FBI keeps a publicly-available list of every gang name they come across, indexed by state, and some of the names are hilarious.

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XEjB6 TIL of Hotel Barges, a Sort-Of Sailing Hotel Room on a River in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, the UK and, Most Commonly, France. The Guest Capacity Can Be Anywhere from Four to Twenty-Four
gg7A TIL that Superman was once bitten by Dracula, but as Superman is powered by the sun, the vampire immediately exploded.
PRDw TIL that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children recommends that children OF ANY AGE should not be permitted to use public restrooms alone.
oRBoR TIL that the Truman Show was originally a dark thriller which took place in a New York-style city. It took many drafts of the script to arrive at the comedy-drama that eventually made it to screen.
OQrg TIL that in one WWII battle, German soldiers fought alongside the Allies to defend an Austrian castle.