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TIL that because of the starvation and hardship endured by the Irish people during the potato famine, Ireland has been at the forefront of famine relief and its people have given more to the fundraising efforts of Live Aid per capita than any other nation in the world.

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XEx7Q TIL that sauerkraut is not actually German and is instead thought to have originated somewhere in Mongolia.
rxAw TIL that bonsai trees have to be planted off centre because the centre symbolizes where heaven and earth meet and therefore should be left unoccupied.
b6LGQ TIL about the death and disposal of Gram Parsons, a famous 1970s musician. Gram died in a hotel near Joshua Tree national park, and his road Manager took the body into the park and lit it on FIRE!!!
E1LP0 TIL Radiohead were so inspired by iron lungs, they went into a hospital to shoot one in order to use it as the artwork for their second album. However they found it boring and instead used footage of a PCR mannequin. They said it expressed "sensations of extasy and agony, simultaneously".
rNB84 TIL that the reason we have blue raspberry flavor is because red dye no. 2 (the one traditionally used for raspberry) was considered harmful. The flavor was popularized by ICEE.