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TIL about World Hello Day, a Holiday created in the 70s to remind the world that conflicts should be resolved with communication. It is celebrated by verbally greeting 10 or more people.

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6ElNl TIL 99% of consumer grade fireworks are made in China
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ZZNQ TIL despite writing about witchcraft and other spiritually dark things, J.K. Rowling identifies herself as a Christian, saying she doesn’t “take any responsibility for the lunatic fringes of my own religion”
5YR8R TIL Kaiser Wilhelm II had a series of birth defects, most notably a withered left arm. Treatments for his arm include: salt water sprays, cold compression, electric shocks, stretching, and putting the arm into a fresh animal carcass (Queen Victoria thought this was a bad idea).