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TIL Macaulay Culkin is the Godfather of Michael Jackson's kids

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ZmyQ TIL that the term ‘sour grapes’ originates from the Aesop’s fable “The Fox and the Grapes” (620–564 BCE), in which a fox, unable to reach grapes he is seeking, decides that they must have been sour. The moral that accompanies the story is that “any fool can despise what he can not get”.
JQQV TIL differences in wealth are so pronounced between countries that “hunger” is defined completely differently for the U.S. vs. developing countries
b6DN7 TIL: The Big Dig, Boston's megaproject (1991–2007), rerouted I-93 into the O'Neill Tunnel, extended I-90 via the Ted Williams Tunnel, and added the Zakim Bridge and Rose Kennedy Greenway, transforming the city's infrastructure.
xQ77 TIL that in 1932, 15,000 World War I veterans set up camp throughout Washington DC to force Congress to immediately pay their bonus. They were forcibly removed by tanks and cavalry.
awKgN TIL during the filming of "Superbad"(2007), Mintz-Plasse, the actor of Fogell (McLovin), was 17 at the time of filming. So his mom had to be on set when they shot his sex scene.