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TIL that Nestle, one of the worlds largest confectionery companies, owns Jenny Craig.

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ZpMKD TIL the Toraja people of Indonesia perform "Ma'nene", an annual ritual where the embalmed corpses of family members are removed from their tombs, groomed, dressed in new clothing, and treated as though they are still among the living. Torajans refer to the deceased as "sick", and only bury years on.
6Eb5Q Today I learned that a 2013 study reclassified Pygmy Right Whales as a member of the cetotheres, a previously thought extinct group of baleen whales that were prey to the megalodon, among others. This effectively brings the family ‘back from the dead.’
WkGMY TIL the EU's largest national park is in South America
OoKX6 TIL that as far as Jewish holidays go, Chanukkah is considered far less significant than other holidays like Yom Kippur or Rosh Hashanah.
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