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TIL there is a pile of clothes so big it can be seen from space

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PYKoO TIL Rage Against The Machine Guitarist Tom Morello's Mother is a 97 year old Anti-Censorship Activist who founded the Parents for Rock and Rap - to Counter Tipper Gore's Pro-Censorship PMRC.
wekJ TIL there is a registered satirical party in Germany named “The Party”(politically). Their youth organisation is the “Hintner Jugend”. Their goals are to rebuild the Berlin Wall, a CEO quota for lazy people and making the tax system even more complicated (among others).
E8pV TIL the happiest countries in the world also have the highest suicide rates.
epgBD TIL the oldest known human drawing is a 73,000-year-old cross-hatched pattern made with ochre on stone flake, found in South Africa. This discovery predates previously known drawings by at least 30,000 years, revealing early Homo sapiens' ability to create symbolic designs using various techniques.
9YK8B TIL that Walt Disney took out multiple loans to finance Snow White, evening mortgaging his own house to pay for it. At the time, insiders in the film industry thought the film would bomb and called it “Disney’s Folly”. Even Walt’s wife, Lillian, thought it would bomb.