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TIL that Time tends to recognize Presidents-Elect as their person of the year as a tradition, except in a few cases.

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b6m67 TIL the Japanese doctor on the ¥1000 banknote was buried (rather than cremated) in New York (rather than Japan)
9YaZM TIL someone on the set of titanic spiked the seafood chowder with PCP and got dozens of cast and crew members high including director James Cameron
R7gm7 TIL there is no word for ‘love’ in the language of Luxembourg
6Eg5Q TIL not long before his death, Freddie Mercury, confined to his bed, got to see an advance copy of the "Wayne's World" scene with Wayne and Garth headbanging to "Bohemian Rhapsody". He loved it and approved of the song's use in the film. The movie, in part, helped launch Queen's comeback in the USA
oDo8 TIL there is a grandmother that was attacked by a bear. After the attack she sewed her scalp, re-set her dislocated legs and then killed the bear…and ate it.