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TIL That DisneyLand Was Going To Have An Attraction Based On The Alien Films.

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9wQRG TIL the soft pillows we use today were historically made of stone. Pillows were first used around 7,000 BC in Mesopotamia. These early pillows were made of stone and carved into the shape of a cradle; they were not intended to be comfortable.
0w4eA TIL that Germany started paying World War I reparations in 1921 through Gold and Bonds, which was cancelled by Hitler when he came to power, but Germany resumed the payments again in 1953 post World War II, and kept making payments until October 2010 when the final one was made to officially end WWI
xVNEb TIL Michael Jackson went grocery shopping shopping in a closed down supermarket with all the other people being actors just to experience what's it like to be an ordinary person
oBvvR TIL that in 5 years, the Black Plague killed over 20 million Europeans, over a third of the continent's population at that time
Qdpe TIL golfer Cameron Tringale asked to be disqualified from the PGA Championship after he passed his putter over his ball and felt he may have misreported his score by not counting it as a shot. His honesty cost him $53000 in tournament earnings.