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TIL Steve Jobs is buried in an unmarked grave

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nWBLb TIL that dogs, bears, seals and racoons all belong to the Caniformia, which is a suborder of Carnivora that consist on "dog-like" carnivorans.
oE7E TIL, the Beastie Boys began as a hardcore punk band as a joke and mimicked their name after the Angry Samoans. They opened up for the Bad Brains and the Circle Jerks before shifting into a hip-hop sound
lxkA TIL a radioactive 1950s science kit for kids “came with four different types of uranium ore, a geiger counter, a miniature cloud chamber, an electroscope, a spinthariscope and an educational comic book called ‘Learn How Dagwood Splits the Atom!’”
yV888 TIL the Cologne Cathedral in Germany has the “Shrine to the Three Kings” that is believed to contain the bones of the Three Wisemen who brought gifts to the newborn Jesus. They also have three crowns that they supposedly wore.
4kO15 TIL in the movie Notting Hill, Hugh Grant’s character lives “in the house with the blue door”, a real place in London’s Notting Hill District. The 280 Westbourne Park Road house is still a common stop for fans to take photos. Some even reenacting Spike’s famous scene in his underwear.