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TIL The mansion in X-Men is the same as Billy Madisons mansion

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KYVmE TIL, about the Anatomy Riot of 1788, when New York’s poor revolted against the city’s grave-robbing medical establishment.
69VX8 TIL about "Hedonometer," a tool that measures happiness levels in different regions by analyzing tweets.
x60b7 TIL in 2020 sugar sweetened beverages were estimated to have caused 80,278 deaths due to type 2 diabetes and 257,962 deaths from cardiovascular disease
X0AoR TIL that the 2010 FIFA world cup song "Waka Waka" by Shakira is actually based on a 1986 song "Zangaléwa", by Cameroonian band Golden Sounds, which was a hit not only across Africa but also in Colombia with the help of West African DJs where Shakira heard the tune when she was a child.
DRgV TIL Kathryn Bigelow is the first and only female to win the Academy Award for Best Director, winning for the 2009 film “The Hurt Locker”