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TIL that Kwanzaa and Festivus were both made up in 1966

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5YL5r TIL the most expensive dreidel was valued at $70,000. The custom-designed piece took four months to create constructed entirely of 18k gold, the smaller lettering is made with 18k white gold and has 222 modern round brilliant diamonds inlaid into the symbols.
gnAb TIL In the U.S. an estimated 300,000 deaths per year may be attributable to obesity.
PYbRg TIL in 2014 the beard of the Golden Mask of Tutankhamun fell off as it was cleaned by Museum employees, trying to cover up their mistake they tried to glue it back on with quick-dry plastic glue, leaving it off-center. This was later noticed and the employees got charged with "reckless destruction".
6EKyW TIL about Ron Hunt, a construction worker, who in 2003 slipped off of his ladder and fell face fist onto a 18 inch long drill bit. It penetrated through his eye and by all means it should've killed him. Yet miraculously it pushed the brain tissue aside, leaving him (aside from his eye) unharmed.
516p TIL poop is seperated into different classes by an official scale