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TIL I learned there are two versions of Aldi, Aldi Nord and Aldi Sud.

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GWgN TIL Santa’s Postal code in Canada is “H0 H0 H0”
x6EW5 TIL: "Stone gambling" is a thing in China, where you buy uncut jadeite stones from vendors to cut open to see if there is high quality jadeite. It experienced a resurgence recently due to live streaming where streamers record themselves cutting open jadeite they bought reigniting the craze.
aMAo TIL that Jermaine Dupri was voted off of the Weakest Link first, despite not being the “weakest link” because the other celebrities he was playing with found out that he set up a fake charity to reap pocket the winnings if he won.
xVlXo TIL every year, clowns honor the death of Joseph Grimaldi—the father of modern European clowning—by holding a funeral for him and any other clowns that died that year. The ceremony is attended by hundreds of clowns and often ends with many going out into the streets to perform for the public.
nWWBY TIL about Dick Bong: an American Flying Ace with 40 victories in the Pacific Theater of WWII.