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TIL that people fantasy draft the National Spelling Bee

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J1XNv TIL: Professional mourners was an occupation that started in Ancient Egypt where people get paid to make ostentatious displays of grief at a funeral. It was mostly women as men were deemed unfit for the job. In modern times, some countries still have professional mourners you can hire for funerals.
mxmBp TIL that when whales come up the surface of the ocean, they poop and that poop is responsible for providing fresh air. A whale’s survival is essential as an entire ecosystem depend on them.
Bg0OD TIL that the game-opening jingle to Konami's 1981 Sega arcade classic "Frogger" was based on an existing real song INU NO OMAWARISAN (犬のおまわりさん) composed by Yoshimi Satō in 1960.
QJGwE TIL actor Robert Pattinson dealt with an obsessed fan who had been camping outside his apartment by taking her out on a dinner date. "I just complained about everything in my life and she never came back."
wYJ8 TIL That as a peasant of the feudal age you had no right to mill you own grain. Millwrights would come to your house and break your milling equipment to enforce their monopoly. This is the reason many quern-stones are found in broken condition.