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TIL that children in the Philippines host spider fights.

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OGVM6 TIL in a 2011 Family Guy episode there is a reference to an incumbent Republican president who upon failing to get re-elected starts an insurrection/civil war
ANZZd TIL the band ABBA gave the rights to its first Spanish-language song "Chiquitita" (Little Girl) to UNICEF and the proceeds from the Latin American hit are used to fund schools for girls in the poorest regions of Guatemala.
ADE7 TIL that the Danish King Harald Blatand ate so many blueberries that his teeth stained blue. “Bluetooth” is named after him because of his ability to unite warring Scandinavian factions, just as Bluetooth unites wireless devices. The Bluetooth logo is also a combination of the Kings Runic initials.
yJ5w TIL Spook Busters is a 1946 comedy film about a group of recent graduates who set up a company to exterminate ghosts in New York
N7wB8 TIL about the Centralia Mine Fire. It is an underground coal mine fire that has been burning since 1962. It has led to the abandonment of 2 towns in PA. The area's 17927 zip code has been revoked by the US. The fire is estimated to burn for another 250 years.