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TIL the Amish celebrate Christmas twice. Once on December 25th, and once one January 6th for "Old Christmas"

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W7QY8 TIL that the blindfold was added to Lady Justice satirically, to say that Justice was blind to all the injustice before her. The blindfold was later repurposed to what we know today as representing that justice should be carried out impartially.
D1d8g TIL in The Shining, Stanley Kubrick intentionally isolated Shelley Duvall and argued with her often. Duvall was forced to perform the iconic and exhausting baseball bat scene 127 times. Afterwards, Duvall presented Kubrick with clumps of hair that had fallen out due to the extreme stress of filming.
wkP6 TIL The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that recycling one ton of plastic conserves approximately 3.8 barrels of crude oil.
jwbM TIL Hawaii passed single-payer healthcare in 2009, but their governor refused to implement the law
0wpNL TIL there is a monument on the coast of Norway that consists of three giant (10 m / 33 ft tall) swords rising from the rock.