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TIL In Japan 11/11 is celebrated as Pocky Day, a celebration of a popular candy

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OoRa4 TIL Alberta Indigenous Communities feared the poison used in rat control. In order to convince them, a member of the Agriculture staff ate the drug while discussing the issues and impressed the natives.
d8MVB TIL that the #1 high school in California also has one of the highest suicide rates in the country.
rNaDM TIL Orson Welles was just 25-yrs-old when he directed, co-wrote, starred in and produced his very first feature film, "Citizen Kane" in 1941. Today, "Citizen Kane" is frequently ranked as the greatest film ever made due to the innovative techniques used during its production.
9Y7ED TIL California was named after a mythical island of black women who kept man-eating griffins as pets
VMavp TIL of Calvert DeForest aka Larry "Bud" Melman from the Late shows with David Letterman. He was the first face to greet viewers on both the NBC and CBS debut shows. He was a regular feature on the shows from 1982-2002 and had a cult following. He requested no funeral service and left no survivors.