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TIL Marvel pays Stan Lee $1 million a year for life just for being Stan Lee

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GYmaJ TIL about the Kiss Kasket. Dubbed by Gene Simmons as “the ultimate KISS collectible”, its a coffin with a design that features pictures of the band playing, lots of fire, and a massive Kiss logo on the front. Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell was buried in one.
d8jb7 TIL there are 35 possible dates that Easter can land on, some of which don't repeat for hundreds of years at a time. Nearly 1 out of every 10 calendar dates has been or will be Easter.
QNE6k TIL in June 2019 Germany taxed sanitary products at 19% and books at 7%, so a company started packaging and selling Tampons as books at the 7% tax rate and there was nothing authorities could do about it.
JB1l TIL Hemp creates more pulp per acre then Timber, it was grown in George Washington’s and Thomas Jefferson’s gardens, is a potential biomass fuel, and still illegal to grow in the United States
ONL6 Montreal’s subway trains use brake shoes made from wood soaked in peanut oil. They are quieter and don’t wear out metal wheels as much as more conventional alternatives.