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TIL Aluminum Christmas trees dropped in popularity after their negative portrayal in A Charlie Brown Christmas

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4YlJ TIL dragonfly wings actually kill bacteria. There is a variety of mechanisms for this to happen, but one of those is by literally ripping open the bacteria with sharp, nano-sized pillars that coat the wings.
LErV TIL That telling “scary ghost stories” is an old Christmas Eve tradition that has died out in the past century
8NK TIL you can donate rice to impoverished people just by answering questions – and learn in the process. More people should do this…
BrKr TIL Russell Crowe was unhappy with the screenplay of Gladiator. The famous line “In this life or the next, I will have my vengeance” he initially refused to say, telling writer ”Your lines are garbage but I’m the greatest actor in the world and I can make even garbage sound good”.
XEGDr TIL Mother’s Day was originally a day for women to protest the killing of their sons and husbands in US Civil War