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TIL that the yellow Planet Aid collection bins are a funding stream for a European cult.

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NX6VP TIL Ludwig van Beethoven, Vincent van Gogh, and Salvador Dali were each named after an older sibling who had died in infancy less than two years before they were born, a naming practice known as "necronym".
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ba1a TIL Only 1 Bee Species Can Pollinate a Vanilla Bean Orchid And it May Be Extinct. Almost All Vanilla Pollination is Done by Hand.
Z8lgG TIL The best-selling German novels of all time involve a native American fighting together with a German cowboy in the Wild West. This created a subculture of tens of thousands of Germans that, to this day, call each other by names such as "White Wolf", dress in animal fur, and live in teepees.
AN1R7 TIL that in 300 years, only 2 British Prime Ministers have failed re-election after securing government from opposition. They were both over 150 years ago.