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TIL Redheads in Australia are often nicknamed "Blueys".
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TIL that Burger King launched a $40 million ad campaign in November 1985 called "Where's Herb?" The idea was to find a character named Herb who'd never been to BK. Other chains pointed out that if Herb wasn't at BK, it meant he probably liked other chains' burgers more. BK profits fell 40% in 1986.
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TIL that Brazil has the largest Japanese community outside of Japan
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TIL Edward Norton’s first film role ever earned him an Oscar nomination. He is also a Yale graduate that never went to an acting school.
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TIL at the UK State Opening of Parliament, Yeomen of the Guards (Queen's Bodyguards) still check underneath the House of Lords for traces of Gunpowder. It is a tradition that dates back to Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Once they get the all clear they have a ceremonial glass of whiskey
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TIL of Osborne v Ohio, in which the United states supreme court ruled 6-3 that possession of child pornography can be banned. Justices William Brennan, John Paul Stevens, and Thurgood Marshall dissented, arguing that possession of child porn is a constitutional right.