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TIL that Neil Patrick Harris served a meat platter which mimicked the corpse of Amy Winehouse at a Halloween party 3 months after her tragic death.

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rRjm4 TIL Osama bin Laden had 53 siblings. His father, Mohammed, died in a private plane crash in the 60s, leaving behind more than 20 wives.
kOmAW TIL that in 2004 there was a "election" for a new Chex flavor in South Korea. The green onion flavor won, but because Kellogg wasn't expecting this, they chose the chocolate flavor anyway. 16 years later, they south Koreans finally got it
69p07 TIL During World War II (1942-45), the U.S. forcibly relocated and incarcerated around 120,000 people of Japanese descent—two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens—in ten camps run by the War Relocation Authority.
OG4RY TIL 4-yr-old Cecelia Cichan was the sole survivor of the deadliest aviation accident to have only one survive (NW Airlines Flight 2550). Her mom, dad, brother, & 153 others total died. She was found still belted in her seat, faced down with 3rd-degree burns & fractures to her skull, collarbone & leg
6EZ5X TIL: India is the home of 16 of the top 40 languages (# of native speakers). The number of languages listed for India is 418. Of those, 407 are living languages and 11 are extinct. Many of them have their own individual writing systems.