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TIL it is common for truck drivers in India to elaborately decorate their trucks with colorful ornaments, kaleidoscopic images, iconography and bangles/jewels to create a psychedelic looking "Home away from Home" in honor of their culture and their families. It's also excellent advertisement!

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0w6x5 TIL, in 2006, similar to his character in the film "Lost in Translation", actor Bill Murray met a young blonde foreign student while drinking at a bar and joined a late-night party with her. He even helped wash the dishes there.
m1JbP TIL that while sloths only poop about once a week, it is responsible for 50% of all their deaths as this is the time where they are vulnerable to predators
ne069 TIL of Southeastern Provisions, a slaughterhouse in which its owner was reported for weekly deposits of $100K for in-cash-payroll. Many workers were undocumented and not paid for overtime. After a undercover operation, the IRS and ICE raided the site in one of the largest raids in US history.
kOlwd TIL Yoko Ono has more solo #1 singles in the US Dance charts than John Lennon has in the Pop/Rock category.
OoogY TIL Shirley Temple, the infamous child star from the 1930s, was heavily involved in politics. She was a United Nations delegate, and also a United States ambassador to several countries.