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

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XEyb6 TIL: The USA Owns 1 Acre of Land in Mexico City that Serves as a Cemetery for Soldiers Killed in the Mexican-American War. 170 Years Later, 813 Americans are Still Buried Here.
xyr5 TIL that a LEGO brick can withstand 950 pounds of force before breaking.
9aPQ TIL: That the Shiba Inu dog breed nearly went extinct during World War 2 due to food shortages and disease.
5VMxP TIL the original Beetlejuice script was less humorous and more dark with the initial fatal car accident depicted graphically. Betelgeuse himself was supposed to be a winged demon who takes the form of a short MiddleEastern man. He also wants to kill the Deetzes and wants sex from Lydia not marriage
OWgY TIL Captain Planet had an episode dealing with an HIV positive child voiced by Neil Patrick Harris, and Elizabeth Taylor voiced his mother