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TIL that Lumber Liquidators, the USA’s largest hardwood flooring company, gets most of their wood from illegal sources in Russia that support organized crime and destroy the habitat of the Siberian Tiger

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R7pga TIL John Hughes filmed "The Breakfast Club" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" concurrently to save time and money. He even used the same closed high school for the interior scenes, but built a second library in the gym for "Breakfast Club" as the original was too small.
LkdBZ TIL of a teen that was prosecuted as an adult for having naked images – of himself – on phone. The court claimed he exploited himself and therefore must be punished so that the other party (himself) is satisfied.
ep4ln TIL in the 1400s, Saxon bakers appealed to 5 different Popes for permission to use butter during the Advent season, and Pope Innocent VIII sent the "butter letter" finally approving it
LkLQ TIL John Lennon wrote the Beatles song ‘Dear Prudence’ for Prudence Farrow (Mia’s sister) while studying TM in India. The group became worried about her because she spent the majority of her time alone in her room practicing meditation, so John wrote her a song to persuade her to socialize more.
4GZX TIL that by 400 BC Persians had developed a type of building that produces ice in winter and stores it throughout the summer in a hot desert climate