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TIL there have been over 200 flavors of Kit-Kat in Japan

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J16Zv TIL Aldous Huxley was tripping on acid when he died
Lkp00 TIL of the Taman Shud case: a mysterious unidentified corpse of a man found on the beach in Australia in 1948, cleanly shaven with no identification marks but a piece of paper with the words “Tamam Shud,” meaning the end.
E1lOp TIL in the manga One Outs (1998-2006), A team used camera to steal opponent's signs and used drums to communicate the signs to the players. Almost exactly the same scheme was used by the Houston Astros more than 10 years later.
d8xBE TIL that Magpies have been observed taking part in elaborate grieving rituals, which have been likened to human funerals, including laying grass wreaths.
7rAQ7 Today I learned that Christopher Reeve was asked by the Democratic Party to run for Congress. He replied "run for Congress? And lose my influence in Washington?"