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TIL Taylor Swift grew up on a Christmas tree farm as her dad farmed in his spare time. Taylor’s first job was to pick out the praying-mantis pods so they wouldn’t hatch inside people’s homes

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BrDgW TIL samurai took the heads of their enemies as proof of their kills. This practice was part of the Bushido code, with strict rules on maintaining and presenting the heads. Once presented, these kills were then recorded in the official 'Book of Heads'.
nkAo TIL: Back in 2009, a police officer pulled over a man (who was rushing his ailing mother to the hospital) for expired tags, and refused to let him take her. She died. He got 1 day suspension.
vRQB TIL that a few of a species of giant insect thought to be extinct were found on a rocky outcropping in the middle of the ocean; scientists have bred them and are waging a PR campaign to return them to the island where they used to live
7LBZ TIL Sam Worthington was broke and living in his car when he landed the lead role of Jake Sully in Avatar
GAyl7 TIL that a steel bridge in India is being dangerously eroded by pedestrians spitting on it