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TIL that a Brazilian man announced he would be burying his $500,000 Bentley so he could use it in the after life. After alot of critique about him wasting money it turned out that it was a PR stund for organ donations.

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neWgY TIL that early humans hunted animals by chasing them to exhaustion. "Persistence hunting" takes advantage of humans' two legs and ability to sweat, which makes us stronger distance runners than prey.
BgREy TIL that long formal movies had to come in two-parts and people back then would have to swap part1 out with part2 to finish watching a movie!
XEKlj TIL: The term "yakuza" comes from the numbers 8, 9, and 3, which are the worst cards you can have in Oicho-Kabu, a Japanese card game similar to Baccarat.
wE1P TIL that the company that makes Atrazine, a vastly used herbicide that has been linked to breast cancer; also manufacturers the drug that is a treatment for breast cancer.