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TIL that in Nepal, Kukur Tihar is a festival that honors dogs and pampers them as a sign of gratitude.

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Nb86 TIL that Paul Walker was in a jewelry store one day when he noticed a young U.S. military veteran with his fiance shopping for a wedding ring. Paul went to the manager and said “Put that girl’s ring on my tab.”
GAYwE TIL that Catherine the Great’s enemies slut shamed her to the point that rumors of bestiality have followed her over 200 years after her death
jNlDn TIL That the drought of 1976-77 aligned harmoniously with the rise of skateboarding. In effort to conserve water, pools were being emptied all throughout Southern California. With that, emerging skaters like Tony Alva, Steve Olson, and the late Jay Adams were jumping fences and skating empty pools.
ZpWXB TIL about Texarkana, two different towns on the border of Texas and Arkansas with the same name. They operate similar to one, despite two state laws. Their courthouse is also the only one in the USA to sit on a state border.
7rro7 TIL the actor who played the murderer of Ricky in Boyz n the Hood was convicted of a double homicide and subsequently murdered by his Satan worshipping cellmate, who used his corpse for a ritual