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TIL: Julie Taymor became first woman to win Best Direction Tony 1998

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yQK8M TIL actress Judi Dench is growing a forest on her property in Surrey, England dedicated to loved ones in her life who have passed on. Every time a friend or relative dies, she plants a tree in their honor. She started the tradition after the death of her husband, actor Michael Williams.
r1Vx TIL There’s a group of people in Sweden who claim that “Horses doesn’t exist”.
Db6V TIL that in Germany, when a kid becomes an adult at age 18, it can get rid of all its debt by offering its debtors everthing its owns at that point. The young adult is relieved from all other debts they can’t pay back so that no young adult has to face a life in debt for things they did as teenager.
JBWB TIL a small temple in India had secret vaults full of precious gold, diamonds, rubies worth $40 billion
kOdxe TIL The Roman Colosseum was sometimes flooded to re-enact sea battles