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TIL that people in Japan celebrate Christmas with a KFC Bucket

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OGAO7 TIL Isabella Sanford, star of The Jeffersons, was actually twenty-one years older than her on screen husband Sherman Helmsley
xVRj7 TIL about the pando tree. 108 acres are covered with trees genetically identical so they are considered the same organism. This makes it the worlds heaviest living organism and one of the world's oldest living organisms at an estimated 16,000 years old.
b9dGQ TIL That the Library of Congress has a comprehensive digitized, searchable archive of United States Newspapers dating back to 1777. Free to view and download.
R5Naw TIL that courts can declare a person a "vexatious litigant". These are the people who constantly appeal closed cases or are always suing someone with no proof. They are barred from filing anymore cases without first providing legit proof.
JEej TIL that Noel Gallagher (of Oasis) put his mansion in Ibiza up for sale because of his neighbor, James Blunt (“You’re Beautiful”). He couldn’t stand the “thought of Blunt writing crap tunes up the road.”