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TIL Hey Arnold is set in the state of Washington.

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5MvD TIL purple is known as the colour of royalty because in ancient times the only way of producing the rare purple dye was from an extraction process of a murex snail by the Phoenicians. This process was very expensive and subsequently valued higher than gold.
pLB8 TIL that the creator of mothers day spent the rest of her life trying to end it’s celebration and died without children in 1948
0w6x5 TIL, in 2006, similar to his character in the film "Lost in Translation", actor Bill Murray met a young blonde foreign student while drinking at a bar and joined a late-night party with her. He even helped wash the dishes there.
VMR5G TIL surgically cropping a dog's ears or docking its tail can artificially alter the way dogs communicate with other dogs and humans. These procedures can have a significant impact on how dogs communicate and interact for the rest of their lives.
PYGpO TIL Matt Murdock aka Daredevil and the Ninja turtles share the same origin