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TIL all the pallbearers at TV pitchman Billy Mays’ funeral wore blue shirts and khaki pants in his honor.

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4XDlw TIL that from 1793 to 1857 the US minted a half-cent.
7r01M TIL Film Industry of Nigeria (Nollywood) was ranked as world's second largest film producer with 872 films in 2009, ahead of the United States(485), Japan(417), China(330), and France(203). It was only left behind by India with 1091 films.
dDYgQ TIL blinking gives our mind a brief mental rest and helps us focus on our work more when we open our eyes, it kind of resets the brain.
WkoE9 TIL At a prison facility in Nuuk, Greenland some inmates reportedly hold the keys to their own cells (to afford them privacy), and others may leave the premises during the day to go to work or school. Perhaps surprisingly, inmates are even allowed to go hunting with rifles to shoot birds and seals.
XNBQ TIL a pig named Lulu saved her owner’s life while the woman was having a heart attack. The pig heard the cries of pain, forced her way out of the yard, ran into the road and played ‘dead’ to stop the traffic. A driver stopped, the pig let him to the trailer, he heard women and called 911.