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TIL that Rebecca Black donated the profits of ‘Friday’ to the emergency relief fund for Japan.

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Bgb5e TIL about Saint Guinefort, a legendary 13th-century French greyhound that received local veneration as a folk saint. Despite repeated prohibitions by the Catholic Church, the cult of this dog saint persisted for several centuries, with the last known visit to the Saint occurring in the 1940s
xVWD1 TIL An estimated 92% of U.S. dollar bills contain traces of cocaine
grL94 TIL the word "alabaster" does not involve the Greek root word "aster" (star) like I assumed, but is named because the material was used to create vessels that depicted the Egyptian goddess "Bast" and were found in the region called "Alabastron".
KP99 TIL extras from Planet of the Apes self-segregated during breaks and would only spend time with those wearing costumes of the same species.
kOkjg TIL farmers are hacking into their John Deere tractors with firmware that's cracked in Eastern Europe and traded on invite-only, paid online forums