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TIL that the longer the grass on the lawn (anywhere) is, the less likely it's to get frost...

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PxjZ TIL after Dave Chappelle walked out on his enormously popular sketch show in the middle of producing Season 3, he told Comedy Central that the only way he would resume production would be to donate half of the proceeds of future DVD sales to charity. The network did not take the deal.
ym9w TIL the world’s largest soup kitchen is the Golden Temple, the holiest temple for Sikhs, which is located in Amritsar, Punjab, India. The Golden Temple can serve free food for up to 100,000 - 300,000 people every day, regardless of faith, religion, or background.
Kr64 TIL That coca-cola used the swastika in advertising prior to WWII when the Nazis ruined the symbol forever.
Oo8R7 TIL Disney's 1992 film Aladdin was originally to be set in Baghdad but the studio was forced to change it due to the outbreak of the Gulf War. They scrambled the letters in Baghdad to create the fictional city of Agrabah.