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TIL: System of a Down's song 'Chop Suey' is so called because it was originally called 'Suicide'. When they were asked to change the name of the song they chopped the word suicide to become chop suey

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R7VL8 TIL about the 1986 movie Troll, which is about a young wizard named Harry Potter Jr, and features an old woman who gives Harry advice and an evil villain who hides his essence in someone close to Harry – Over a decade before JK Rowling released her first Harry Potter book
b95O7 TIL Cloudberries are an extremely rare berry because they cannot be grown commercially and can only harvested in the mountains,mainly Scandinavia.
wLPg8 TIL that in 2001, the Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) distributed fake $3 bills to be dropped in Salvation Army buckets in protest of their policy against benefits for LGBT couples. Hundreds were received in Seattle.
kOoY1 TIL donkeys can be used to guard livestock from coyotes and wolves. They instinctively attack, by biting and kicking and if they get the chance they will even kill.
pgwb TIL that at the time of its release, True Lies (1994) was the most expensive film ever made, as the first film to have over a $100 million production budget