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TIL the Rockefeller Center tree is donated to Habitat for Humanity every year since 2007 to help build a home

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xVJgo TIL "Catch It, Bin It, Kill It". This slogan appeared in 2007 in a goverenment campaign to promote good respiratory and helath hygiene.
4kA55 TIL House of Pain is not actually from Boston but rather LA.
WkKBo TIL the sauna is such a deeply igrained part of the Finnish culture, that finns will even build them in war. Custom dictates no titles or hierarchies are allowed in the sauna, including military ranks in saunas built and used by soldiers.
PY9ng TIL that in Japan, letting a sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered good luck.
Abww TIL Dr. Dre is donating all of his artist royalties earned from Compton, his first album in 16 years, to help fund a new performing arts and entertainment facility in Compton.