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TIL Immortan Joe from Mad Max - Fury Road is also Toecutter from the original Mad Max

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epkOb TIL about the Gaelic Celtic tradition of Keening, a verbal singing and mourning for the dead
R7Ngl TIL that Sleep Deprivation May Cause Brain To Eat Itself. New research shows that allowing our bodies to suffer from sleep deprivation ultimately damages our brains since it triggers an overdrive in cell activity, causing self-cannibalism
wMrE TIL Sweden was the first to find out about the censored Chernobyl accident when one of the workers at the Forsmark power plant set off evacuation alarms when he had walked through grass that had been contaminated from radioactive rain picked up from Chernobyl over 800 miles away.
DQDBe TIL that, despite being an English noble family, the Howard family has never accepted the Anglican faith and still remains in communion with Rome. Two of its members are considered martyrs.
yQVKV TIL the armor, belt, coat wore by Jon snow in game of thrones, wardrobe wore by Obi Wan Kenobi in star wars, gryffindor uniform in harry potter, cape of themistocles in movie 300 and many more hollywood costumes are made in India.