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TIL That the number of Voodoo Practitioners in New Orleans dropped 90% after Hurricane Katrina

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ZRRv TIL Alec Guiness was one of the few cast members who believed that Star Wars would be a box office hit; he negotiated a deal for 2.25% of the gross royalties paid to the director, George Lucas, who received one fifth of the box office takings. This made him very wealthy in his later life
b99Pj TIL about Word Aversion, where you cringe when you see or hear a word such as "moist" or "ointment", or when a word is used improperly such as using "gift" as a verb.
wLOZ1 TIL: Hemp fiber bags (a cannabis variant) is a cheap, clean, strong, light and time-tested material that can replace plastic bags.
AN0xw TIL about the sultanate of women. A period in ottoman history that lasted for a century where the wives and mothers of the sultans held incredible political power that was started by hurrem sultan, the wife of suleiman the magnificent.
0wndL TIL The source of the term "green room" has been lost to history.