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TIL Trick-or-Treating originated in Canada

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Avx7 TIL that the infamous scene from The Fresh Prince where Will asks “Why don’t he want me man?!” was in fact scripted and not inspired by Will Smith’s real life. Will’s father was an active participant in his son’s life, encouraging and supporting him in his music and acting career.
kODvB TIL the Woodingdean Well was dug by hand between 1858 and 1862 and reached a depth of 1285 feet - deeper than the top floor on the Empire State Building is high. Its bottom was 850 ft below sea level.
GgAj TIL That there is an asteroid that is following Earth’s orbit around the sun.
a8BX0 TIL Hard Rock Cafe, which operates venues in 74 countries, is owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida who bought it for $965M in '06. They then paid the state of FL $100M for the rights to allow Vegas-style table gambling in the Cafes.
ERkW TIL Astronauts, during spacewalks, face the danger of their fingernails detaching from their nailbeds, a condition called “fingernail delamination”