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TIL that in Germany you have 'Wandergesellen'; young folk that travel for 3 years learning their trade. They only have one distinct pair of clothing, no money and no cellphone. Initiation includes having their ear hammered to a table.

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JVE8 TIL that Rob Knox, known as Marcus Belby in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, was stabbed to death in 2008 at age 18 in South London after defending his younger brother from two men, one of which was armed with two knives.
BXQL TIL Bill Murray has no agent or publicist,and books all of his movies and appearances on his own.
X0kkk TIL in 2017, a man in Soka, Japan was arrested for stalking and assaulting young girls. He told the police that he copied the plan from the manga "Geiger Counter" where girls were assaulted by a man imitating a utility worker. Police requested that the author be more considerate in future works.
xVMN5 TIL the "Betsy Ross" of the Iowa flag, Dixie Cornell Gebhardt, was born "Jim Dick" Cornell. Named after a horse owned by her father. Mercifully, her mother called her 'Dixie'.
VMDKm TIL it is possible to "graft" branches of different trees together and create a tree of 40 fruits