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TIL there really is a place called Sweet Home in Alabama.

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x6LXg TIL that Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's full title was "His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, CBE, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular"
54WB [TIL] Despite red and black being the most common colours, there are OVER 4,000 different types of Ladybirds. (ladybugs for the Americans out there) They use their feet to smell things and their blood is orange too.
5VDEk TIL according to the customs of the Toraja people of Indonesia, the family of a dead person must sacrifice a buffalo. Families that don't already have one or too poor to afford buying a buffalo just assume their dead relatives are just "sick" until they can afford to sacrifice a buffalo.
pJ5Q TIL that the hook on the end of a tape measure is intentionally loose. The distance it moves is equal to the thickness of the hook, to take into account the difference between hooking the end over an edge and pressing it against an object.
pGK4 TIL that Nickelodeons The Rugrats Movie grossed more than $100 million in the United States and was the first non-Disney animated movie to earn that much