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TIL Adam Sandler's film "Jack and Jill" is considered one of the worst movies ever made.

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YgmG TIL A British bomb detection dog in Afghanistan died from the stress of seeing his handler shot. They had set a new record for bomb detections and the dog was awarded the equivalent to a Victoria Cross.
wolv6 TIL: Every night, since 886 AD, the Wakemen of Ripon, England, blow horns in the evening to "set the watch." The tradition is from Ripon's first citizen, the "Wakeman," who was responsible for crime prevention in the city from 9 pm until dawn and had to compensate victims of burglary.
9Y08Q TIL that there are farmers who schedule planting, cultivating and harvesting of crops based on moon phases
8eaaP TIL that after 9/11, On January 5, 2002, Charles Bishop, a high-school student from Florida, United States, stole a Cessna 172 light aircraft and purposefully crashed it into the side of the Bank of America Tower in downtown Tampa, Florida, killing no one but himself in the process
R7m07 TIL Guillotine earrings were popular among the rich during France’s reign of terror