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yV5xv TIL that Samurai armour was largely made out of hemp (cannabis)
QJaNE TIL the Prince of Egypt titular music "Let my People Go" was composed by Hans Zimmer(Transformers, the Rock, Inception, Nolan's Batman trilogy, Call of Duty:Modern Warfare 2, etc.)
R7mb8 TIL that Stella Ella Ola, Quackdiddlyackle, ETC, has a bunch of regional variations.
OonM1 TIL Jon "NEVERDIE" Jacobs mortgaged his home to buy a virtual asteroid for $100,000. In 2005, this was the most valuable virtual item ever sold. This landed him in the Guinness Book of World Records for owning the most expensive virtual item, which he later sold for $635,000.
JYXYm TIL that when holocaust survivors were given candy/food by the allied troops upon liberation, many died on the spot (or soon after) due to re-feeding syndrome