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TIL May 25 is Towel Day, A Celebration of Douglas Adams

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rNmYo TIL excavations near the city of Nazareth unearthed 100,000 year old human remains. The human skeletons were associated with red ochre which was found only alongside the bones, suggesting that the burials were symbolic in nature. This is the earliest evidence of symbolic burial ever discovered.
xVY65 TIL Consumer Reports was blacklisted by McCarthy from 1945-1954 as a Communist organization for reporting on serious life-threatening product flaws and advocating for fair treatment of workers
kJOL7 TIL That the old London Bridge is in Lake Havasu, AZ
vPbbL TIL that, due to a loophole in Kentucky marriage laws, the taxidermied remains of Cocaine Bear can officiate weddings
aNoo TIL- When the management at her Ravenswood apartment building barred Mae West’s African-American boxing champion boyfriend, William Jones from entering the premises, West solved the problem by buying the building and lifting the ban.