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TIL that one company, IAC/InterActiveCorp, has spun off the Home Shopping Network and Ticketmaster, aqcuired About.com, and currently owns 150 online services such as Ask.com, Match.com, OkCupid, CollegeHumor, Vimeo, Newsweek, The Daily Beast and Thesaurus.com.

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Vwbk TIL that in 1771, a Japanese woman known only as Aochababa (green tea hag) was dissected to compare Chinese anatomical knowledge to the Dutch. The Japanese were astonished to see that the Dutch were correct, and wrote up their findings in a 4 volume text, overturning centuries of Chinese medicine.
69R58 TIL that the 1947 version of the Christmas film ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ was released in late Spring because the studio head argued that more people went to the movies in warmer weather, so the film was promoted without any references to Santa or Christmas.
Z8wM4 TIL about the Falkland Islands. These islands were covered by landmines in 1982 when Argentina invaded because they wanted to control them. Because of this certain areas of the islands became untouched leading to the penguin population to thrive because they aren't heavy enough to set the mines off.
rNKN4 TIL that a Souvenir factory new dragon lore from CS:GO sold for more than 15 Rolexes assuming they’re all $12,000
R7xa4 TIL of a place in the Philippines as the site of one of the bloodiest public reenactments of the Passion during Holy Week, particularly on Good Friday. Residents of the area have long claimed that the ancient local image of the Crucified Christ has miraculous healing powers.