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TIL Toronto has a Garlic Vestival

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m1kmE TIL that the guitar solo in "Free Bird" was created for lead singer Ronnie Van Zant to rest, as the band was playing several sets per night at clubs at the time
KYKoE TIL people have consumed corn silk to treat gonorhea and to make children stop urinating on their beds
9wwyB TIL that director Michael Mann directed Heat twice, once in 1989 as a low budget TV movie and again in 1995 as a big budget box office hit, both have the same plot and scenes but Robert De Niro and Al Pacino star in the remake. Today Heat is recognized as one of the best crime films of all time.
pbre TIL that in Dutch Harbor, Alaska there are helmets and hockey sticks left outside the post office so that customers can protect themselves from aggressive bald eagles.
GYbQj TIL that there's a company called Eternal reef that turns dead bodies into an ocean reef that memorialize the passing of loved ones by helping to preserve and protect the marine environment.