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TIL after the holidays, the Rockefeller Christmas Tree is milled into lumber and donated to Habitat For Humanity to be used for building homes.

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aw8GN There are cow-free, vegan 'leather' boots.
reex TIL the final words of writer Roald Dahl, were almost: “You know, I’m not frightened. It’s just that I will miss you all so much” to his family. After appearing to fall unconscious the nurse then injected him with morphine to ease his passing, he uttered his actual last words: “Ow, fuck!”
oBWPo TIL the song “I Put a Spell on You” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins was supposed to be a ballad, but during a recording session, Hawkins “screamed and grunted” through the whole song because he was drunk. It was his most-successful recording and is in The Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
78kyO TIL country singer and sausage magnate Jimmy Dean is buried beneath a 9 foot piano-shaped mausoleum with the epitaph, "Here Lies One Hell of a Man"
N7jgP TIL Director Paul Verhoeven tricked Sharon Stone into taking off her underwear in Basic Instinct, as revenge against her for not appearing nude in Total Recall