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TIL Beverly Hills in Australia was originally named Dumbleton. However, the local residents disliked that name, wanting something more glamorous, and in the 1930s decided to rename it Beverly Hills after the Californian home of numerous American movie stars.

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dD81E TIL In the Atacama Desert in Chile, there is a 11 meter (36 ft) tall hand sculpture, called Mano del Desierto. It was created by Mario Irarrázabal to represent the injustice within Chile in the past.
KANE TIL A man in China has kept himself alive with a homemade dialysis machine for 13 years.
GYAyJ TIL Deer are omnivorous
J1Dol TIL when NASA announced an amnesty for people to give them debris from the Columbia shuttle explosion, some people turned in Challenger debris
MBn7 TIL that Colonel Sanders made surprise visits to KFC restaurants. If dissatisfied with the food he threw it to the floor while cursing out the employees.