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TIL there is a “No-Go Zone” in France as a result of WWI battles which littered the grounds with unexploded weapons and toxic chemicals

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R7yxQ TIL that the Slim Jim beef jerky factory in Garner coincidentally closed down on the same day that spokesman "Macho Man" Randy Savage died.
5VrrP TIL that Billboard's list of top played country music songs was originally known as the "Hillbilly Records" chart, later changing to "Country and Western" in 1949.
D175r TIL that Sam LLoyd, or Ted from Scrubs, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in january which had metastasized from his lungs. Further scans showed that the cancer was also in his liver, spine, and jaw. The news just came weeks after he and his wife received their first child.
9wWQ7 TIL South Korea has just pulled even with Japan in the Human Development Index. Seeing improvement from 1970 when it was ranked below North Korea
rLN4 TIL in the 1986 movie “Troll”, a character named Harry Potter Jr. attempts to learn magic from a woman who lives above him who’s secretly a witch