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TIL Cambodia has the most public holidays observed by the whole country (28) while other countries like Nepal (35) & India (42) have more but they are not all observed by the whole country.

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QNVQp TIL that Fred Baur, the inventor of the Pringles can, was so proud of his creation that he requested to be buried in one. After his death in 2008, his family honored his wish by placing part of his cremated remains in a Pringles can.
BgvNe TIL, White Horse Temple, the first Buddhist temple in China, was desecrated heavily during the Cultural Revolution. At the same time, when the King of Cambodia requested to visit the temple, the Chinese authorities quickly restored it including placing artefacts from other museums in the temple.
oBKQ8 TIL Robert Plant once pledged $10,000 to KBOO, an independent radio station in Portland Oregon, in order for them to never again play the song Stairway to Heaven on their station.
KyEw TIL the man who tried to save Abraham Lincoln went mentally insane and tried to kill his family.
rRgv0 TIL of Beate Uhse, a stunt pilot and one of a handful of woman who flew in the Luftwaffe. She landed in a besieged Berlin to rescue her infant son, escaping by flying extremely low, narrowly evading flak and Allied aircraft. After the war, she created a chain of sex shops and became a millionaire.