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TIL Japan is obsessed with Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas Day.

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WAjX TIL that Queen, notorious for wild parties, hosted a release party for ‘Jazz’ that included a man biting heads off live chickens, naked models wrestling in a liver pit, and little-people walking about with trays of cocaine strapped to their heads.
awvXy TIL About Kennewick Man, a 9000 year old skeleton found in Washington that sparked a 9 year legal battle between the Army Corps of Engineers, scientists and Native American Tribes who claimed ownership of the remains.
dD0Pr TIL Walt Disney World was supposed to be built in East New Orleans, the site where JazzLand, later renamed Six Flags New Orleans, would be built.
y418 TIL - In the U.K. up until 1875 boys as young as 8 were legally sold to a “master sweep” as an apprentice to sweep chimneys. Effectively slaves, after years of hard labour in harsh conditions led to disfigured appendages, poor vision, asthma and extremely high rate of scrotal cancer.
e0w0g TIL cardinal birds are romantic; they mate for life, travel together, sing before nesting, and during courtship, the male feeds seed to the female beak-to-beak.