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TIL Kevin McCallister's actor, Macaulay Culkin's full legal name is "Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin"

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5Gjn TIL of Aoshima, a Japanese island where cats outnumber humans 6 to 1.
KYE6 TIL a tradition exists in Denmark that a woman can propose on Leap Day, if denied, the man must compensate her with 12 pairs of gloves
rNDnM TIL that before the 1800s, people used to burn cats to death for entertainment in Europe
Wk47d TIL : Otar Taktakishvili was urged by his mother to enter the contest for Georgian ssr anthem so he wrote the music, submitted his entry and forgot about the contest. He only found out that his music had been selected when he stood outside the concert hall and heard his anthem being played.
oYKW TIL that the Leica Camera company smuggled hundreds of Jews out of Nazi Germany before the Holocaust, masquerading the Jews as employees being assigned overseas. The company helped each refugee find a job, gave each of them a Leica camera, and a monthly stipend till they found work.