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TIL Puerto Rico has a massive problem with overflowing landfills

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e0WEn TIL The name Ouija Board was trademarked by William A Fuld in 1950. In 1966, Fuld's company was acquired by Parker Brothers, who then merged with Hasbro, meaning Hasbro has all the rights to the Ouija Board.
rNEKy TIL Doctor Who was indirectly responsible for responsible for Patrick Stewart's success in sci-fi television and film, after having a conversation with Lalla Ward (Romana II in the show) in a lift in 1980 about why she would do television over theatre full-time.
0wYVj TIL John Hughes would write full screenplays extremely quick, typically finishing a screenplay in about four days, including The Breakfast Club which only took two.
OQrL TIL there is a 500-year-old statue of a man eating a sack of babies in Bern, Switzerland, and nobody is sure why.
KYO4w TIL it is possible to have multiple pupils or even multiple irises in one eye. The condition is called Polycoria.