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Today I learned Guatemala celebrates Day of the Dead by flying giant kites

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8aY8a TIL that Stephen Hawking hosted a party for time travelers, but no one came. he sent the invites out after the event with the thought that anyone who could time travel would go back and show up to the party
yVW5X TIL: That the Playboy Magazine was named after a defunct car company
DpAp TIL that the title of the famous Led Zeppelin song “Black Dog” has nothing to do with the lyrics and instead refers to the black Labrador retriever that was wandering around the studio.
WkYbd TIL that Frederic Pryor [Bridge of Spies] was never consulted by producers about his experiences in the 1962 prisoner exchange and went to see the movie with his family. Afterwards, when pressed by other moviegoers why he thought the movie was ‘good but inaccurate’ he responded “I’m Frederic Pryor”
yB6M TIL that two psychologists, inexperienced in interrogation, were paid $80 million for developing and running the CIA torture program.