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TIL that the entire universe could be a hologram.

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0ddaM TIL that cigars have beetle larvae. Under the right temperature and humidity, they can hatch and infest whole cigar boxes.
WkO8L TIL that the actual name of Nazi variation of the Swastika symbol is Hakenkreuz
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.
JNx4 TIL in 2010 a Xbox Live user was banned because he declared Fort Gay as his Hometown. Microsoft apologised later, because the place is real.
Rwr8 TIL In 1910, the Diamond Match Company patented the 1st nonpoisonous match in the U.S., which used a safe chemical called sesquisulfide of phophorous. United States President Taft publicly asked Diamond Match to release their patent for the good of mankind. They did on January 28, 1911