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TIL that the Island of Tuvalu has its own religion

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KYBZ6 TIL the British military once had an idea to put live chickens inside nuclear bomb cases with a week's worth of food and water. The bombs were meant to be planted into the ground as mines, so they had to be kept warm in the winter to keep working.
j6AwE TIL that kippers are not a species of fish, but rather a name for smoked herring.
Brroe TIL that EA tried to buy Valve for $1 billion
o6bW TIL Bill Murray said of Kung Fu Hustle: “there should have been a day of mourning for American comedy the day that movie came out,” because it was the “supreme achievement” of modern comedy.
VMROZ TIL: Tom Cruise is obsessed with sending his co-stars cakes, even ones he worked with decades ago. Louis Theroux, documentary maker, even went to his grandmother's 100th Birthday Party to find 100 cupcakes from Tom Cruise, after Tom worked with his cousin.