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TIL that a Japanese pest control company built a grave in a 1,200-year-old graveyard in honor of all the termites it has killed.

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MeND0 TIL that in Love Actually Olivia Olsen's voice sounded so good when she sang "All I Want for Christmas Is You" that the director made her train her voice to sound more "believable" so people didn't think she was just lip syncing over Mariah Carey's original track.
E1bWx TIL that counting from the year 2000 a unanimous decision is the most common result of Supreme Court cases at 36% followed by 5 to 4 cases at 19%.
5EP8 TIL That the dinosaurs far pre-date Betelgeuse, one of the brightest and most famous stars in the night sky. In fact the star was born around the same time as pre-humans walked the Earth
VBd0G TIL that a genetic disease might have been behind Henry VIII’s low number of surviving children and his crazed behavior in his middle and later years.
d87QQ TIL The Mafia helped establish the Gay Bar scene in New York. Fat Tony purchased the Stonewall Inn in 1966 and transformed it into a bar and restaurant. He later bribed the New York Police Department around $1,200 a week to ignore 'indecent conduct' occurring behind closed doors.