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TIL that most "national" holidays are just marketing ploys by agencies to boost sales. They are not recognized by any government whatsoever.

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x6485 TIL that in 1996 a man named Blair Adams withdrew most of his money and fled Canada after allegedly telling friends someone was trying to kill him. He was found murdered six days later, in a parking lot 2150 miles away. His murder remains unsolved.
54p8 TIL “Paranoid”, one of Black Sabbath’s most famous songs, was written and recorded in minutes as a filler song. Ozzy Osbourne read the lyrics as he was singing them.
b6Xkj TIL that a guy named Buckethead was the lead guitarist for Guns N' Roses from 2000- 2004. In 2015, he recorded 118 solo studio albums and has recorded 640 albums in his career. He performs with a KFC bucket on his head.
gr7Y7 TIL that in early 2000, McDonald's Singapore sparked a "Hello Kitty Craze" that led to massive crowds, fights, injuries, and complaints from over 6,000 businesses as customers scrambled to get their hands on limited edition Hello Kitty toys that came with value meals.
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.