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TIL NYC has a secret, off-limits island graveyard that is home to over 1 million bodies.

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wlkE TIL A French woman, Jeanne de Clisson, became a pirate in the 1300’s for revenge after her husband was beheaded. Selling her lands to buy 3 ships, they were painted black with red sails. Hunting French ships, when she caught nobles, she personally beheaded them with an axe.
e0rNn TIL that the children's game "Stella Ella Ola" can be found around the world, but that the only places where the lyrics are "Stella Stella" as opposed to "Stella Ella" are in Vancouver, B.C., and Brandon, MB.
d8Dgj TIL Busty Heart, a big bust model who crushes things with her breasts, got all “no” votes from the America’s Got Talent judges, but got all “yes” votes and made it to the semi-finals on the German version of the show
MeVM8 TIL the restaurant chain TGI Fridays stopped its waiters from wearing “flair” a few years after the movie Office Space came out because people wouldn’t stop making Office Space references about it.
KOaJR TIL that scratching an itch feels so good because the brain sees scratching as mild pain, so it releases serotonin to provide relief from that "pain"