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TIL that the ‘Easter Bunny’ originated in Germany because of its prolific fertility, symbolizing birth and the start of life around springtime. During famine, eggs were dyed and gifted to children in Easter time and like that, the two concepts merged into the modern day Easter Bunny.

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8eVG TIL that in 1906 the Bronx Zoo featured a caged African Man as an exhibit
oBBYE TIL Before being offered the role of Hannibal Lecter, Anthony Hopkins had quit Hollywood to go back to England, feeling that the rest of his mediocre career would be spent on stage and "doing respectable BBC work."
nDJG TIL In the 1960s, Heineken proposed a novel idea: rectangular “World” beer bottles that could double as bricks for affordable housing.
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