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TIL Haitian Voodoo is a religion based on ancient spirits and Patron Saints. It's not merely animal sacrifices, pinned dolls and 'cult' rituals.

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0d69M TIL Starbucks is named after the first mate of the Pequod in Herman Melville’s classic novel Moby-Dick
6mPm TIL that upscale steakhouses use dry-aged beef where the beef is hung on a rack to dry for several weeks. This process evaporates moisture in the muscles and promotes enzymatic breakdown of connective tissue which together yields very flavorful meat.
BLle TIL that Volvo has integrated a child booster seat into some of its vehicles for 25 years, negating the need to buy and install (and constantly have a seat taken up by) a third-party booster seat.
da07 TIL actress and legendary beauty Lana Turner was discovered at 17 by a talent agent at a drugstore where she was having a coke and skipping class. She was immediately signed to make her first movie.
5YrGk TIL Honeybees can be trained to locate landmines due to their acute sense of smell. Croatian scientists mixed a sugar solution with a small amount of TNT — and after about five minutes of hunting for this doped sugar solution, the honeybees are trained to flock to the smell of TNT.