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TIL in The Big Lebowski, The Dude’s line, “The Dude abides,” comes from Ecclesiastes 1:4, “One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but the earth abides forever”–a reference to how the Dude, much like the Earth, can weather change and chaos around him, but still remain the same.

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eEjD TIL alcohol is prohibited in the British Parliament with one exception: the chancellor can drink while delivering the annual budget statement.
KYw19 TIL Dry cleaning isn't dry at all and is only called dry because it uses chemical solvents instead of water
bOdN TIL in 1786 when Louis XVI had bodies removed from France’s Saints Innocents Cemetery into the Catacombs, many of the bodies had decomposed into fat. The fat was then collected and turned into candles and soap
OoVla TIL that in 2010, Campbell's "25% less sodium" tomato soup had the same amount of sodium as their "regular" tomato soup, with both containing 480 mg.
Aoew TIL that Spring Temple Buddha statue is the world’s highest statue and was build in 2002 and is of 153 meter including a 20 meter lotus throne.