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TIL that in 1987 students from Caltech changed the Hollywood sign to read CALTECH

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xV6X5 TIL that Kim Jong-Il had Choi Eun-hee, a South Korean actress, and her husband Shin Sang-ok, a South Korean director, abducted and taken to North Korea to make movies to gain global recognition for North Korea's film industry.
7nQP TIL we still don’t know who was sending anthrax-laden letters to senators and news media in 2001. Evidence against the top suspect is flimsy at best, and he died of apparent suicide in 2008.
wLEWE TIL that in early 20th century doctors had a biased understanding of human anatomy because of only having access to the cadavers of poor people. In anatomy classes, they were used to the enlarged adrenal glands (which was actually caused by stress from poverty) and thought this was the normal size
jKRj TIL there has been an ongoing boycott against Nestlé since 1977 protesting their promotion of baby formula in developing countries
1aE48 TIL voodoo is not witchcraft or black magic, it's an west African religion, though it has many variation in Whole America.