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TIL of Arses, a genus of birds from New Guinea and Australia named after an ancient Persian king

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epE4 TIL that the Honest Ed’s dollar store in Toronto keeps two professional sign painters on staff to hand-paint dozens of signs every day to advertise the store’s specials.
LQORV TIL Meatloaf had a large collection of expensive motorcycles, but didn't ride them. He would sit on them for hours admiring them, saying it made him feel he was flying like a bird.
dVVj TIL Paris Hilton’s grandfather is so ashamed of her behavior that when he dies his fortune is going to charity
ZWeY TIL The Black Cauldron (1985) did so poorly at the box office that it was released on VHS until 13 years later and to this day it has yet to make back even half of its $44 million budget.
dBBZ TIL of Australian news anchor Karl Stefanovic, who wore the same suit on air every day for a year, to see if people would notice, and nobody did