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TIL KitKats are considered to be good luck in Japan because the Japanese reading of “KitKat”, “kitto katto”, sounds similar to “kitto katsu”, a phrase which translates to “surely win”

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mxyVv TIL that when actress Natascha McElhone's husband suddenly died, she continued to write letters to him. Most of the letters simply described the minutiae of daily life, but some expressed her and their children's loss. She compiled all the letters into a book.
ONPe TIL Adam Driver (Kylo Ren) was a US Marine
xVLa0 TIL that the founder of Little Caesers payed Rosa Parks’ rent for years after he found out that she was assaulted and robbed in her home.