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TIL Obituary writers have their own awards, they're called The Grimmys.

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BrK5d TIL that Mozart's real name was "Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart"
nW757 TIL about cargo cults, where indigenous people of small tropical islands would perform elaborate rituals to mimic air traffic control and marching patterns after witnessing airplanes drop supplies on airforce bases during world war II.
LKyZ TIL that Bob Marley’s manager would take him and his other wailers to rehearse late at night in the local cemetery where he believed that if they could conquer their fear of ‘duppies’ (spirits), they could also conquer any stage fright.
jPKj TIL “Marlboro Man” Wayne McLaren developed lung cancer and became an anti-smoking crusader; Philip Morris denied McLaren appeared in ads
VM4e4 TIL that there are 3 trillion trees on Earth, which is more trees than there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy and cells in the human brain.