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TIL that Ted Cassidy would sometimes use his Left hand instead of his Right when he played "Thing" just to see if people would notice.

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p8PoZ TIL In Finland, city planners are known to visit parks immediately after the first snowfall, when the existing walking paths are not visible. People naturally choose desire paths, clearly marked by their footprints, which can be then used to guide the routing of new purpose-built paved paths.
naL9 TIL in 1750 a fully automated scale-model clockwork town was built in Austria, with 200 moving figures all replicating the activities of various townspeople - and it’s still working today, 260 years later!
wLKJo TIL in a soccer match between Iran and Denmark, an Iranian player mistook a whistle from the crowd as being the referee's half-time signal, and picked the ball up with his hands in the penalty area. Danish player Morten Wieghorst missed the resultant penalty on purpose, and Denmark lost 1–0.
oBmeo TIL in 1974, a Soviet plane was forced to land in Gambell, Alaska, after running out of fuel. The crew was greeted by the locals who helpfully provided heating and food for the stranded airmen. The next day an Air Force plane brought in fuel and the plane returned home without further incident.
neGkP TIL about the "Murder Castle", a building owned by the serial killer H. H. Holmes. This complicated building included maze-like hallways, seemingly leading to nowhere airtight rooms used as elaborate torture rooms, acid vats a crematorium and more. It is suspected that Holmes had around 200 victims.