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TIL there is a shrine in Wales where Dobby the house elf was buried. consisting of 1000's of painted rocks and socks.

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Wkg7A TIL that when Michael Jackson granted Weird Al Yankovic permission to do "Fat" (a parody of "Bad"), Jackson allowed him to use the same set built for his own "Badder" video from the Moonwalker film. Yankovic said that Jackson's support helped to gain approval from other artists he wanted to parody.
d8n4j TIL of Osborne v Ohio, in which the United states supreme court ruled 6-3 that possession of child pornography can be banned. Justices William Brennan, John Paul Stevens, and Thurgood Marshall dissented, arguing that possession of child porn is a constitutional right.
VMbgZ TIL The tradition of making a wish when you blow out birthday candles come from the Ancient Greeks, who believed the smoke carried your wishes upwards to the gods.
0waBy TIL that ottoman kalkan shields were used from central asia to eastern europe (translation alert!).
QB6 TIL - Buzz Aldrin, a Presbyterian, was the first person to hold a religious ceremony on the Moon. After landing on the Moon, he gave himself Communion on the surface of the Moon, but he kept it secret because of a lawsuit brought over the reading of Genesis on Apollo 8