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TIL: That Swedes and Hobbits celebrate February 30th

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d8m07 TIL a fire at Universal Studios in 2008 destroyed an entire archive warehouse, including 50,000 films and the original audio masters for up to 500,000 songs.
8jRZ TIL Mitch McConnell’s first wife became a feminist scholar after their divorce.
Z894Q TIL That a Diamond studded golden Owl was buried somewhere in France in 1993. There's a book of riddles leading to its location, but it still hasn't been found. Oh, and there a 1,000,000 franc prize for the person who finds it.
1dBW TIL Numerous fossil bones indicate some populations of H. heidelbergensis were “giants” routinely over 2.13 m (7 ft) tall and inhabited South Africa between 500,000 and 300,000 years ago.
XE99X TIL the earliest evidence of wearing socks and sandals is documented at the archaeological site between Dishforth and Leeming in North Yorkshire, England. The discovery suggests that old Romans wore socks with sandals at least 2,000 years ago.