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TIL The Coco Bongo Club from "The Mask" really exists, and is owned by Jim Carrey

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b67W7 TIL In Confucianism, there are five grades of mourning obligation, depending on one's relation to the person that died. The death of one's mother or father requires 27 months of mourning while second cousins or first cousins once removed only require 3 months of mourning.
5Vd0Q TIL the inventor of the electronic television also invented the first controlled nuclear fusion device
5VPOr TIL that the year BC 1 was followed by the year AD 1. In both Gregorian and Julian calendar there is no year zero.
KO979 TIL that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers a "pirate certificate" to students who complete the archery, sailing, fencing, and pistol or rifle shooting courses. The department frequently holds "pirate induction" days and has had a steady stream of students awarded the achievement.
awAwZ TIL the Ottoman Sultan wrote to a group of Ukrainian cossacks in 1676 and demanded their submission. They responded, "we have no fear of your army, by land and by sea we will battle with thee, fuck thy mother."