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TIL "Bank of America" was actually founded as the Bank of Italy in 1904

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QJj0L TIL that the tribesmen of Tana Toraja dig up the corpses of the dead every year and party with them.
grwQ8 TIL in 2016 a hijacked plane was forced to land at an airport during the filming of a movie about a plane hijacking. The real footage was then used in the movie
Pw4O TIL that a young stripper named Shelly Bauman lost her leg in a freak confetti cannon accident. She sued and used the money from the settlement to open Seattle’s first gay bar, which she named “Shelly’s Leg.”
nWG4b TIL that in 2014, the Copenhagen Zoo euthanized a healthy giraffe because they wanted to prevent him from breeding. The animal was killed, skinned, and fed to the zoos lions, all in full view of children
VMJDB TIL Canada publishes an insanely great a "Homeowner's Manual" for its citizens covering things like basic and advanced maintenance, common problems, how to avoid disasters, emergency preparedness and even landscaping