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TIL The natural history museum in Dublin, Ireland is known as ‘The Dead Zoo’

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JLKB TIL Wes Craven says his inspiration for the basis of Freddy Krueger’s power stemmed from several stories in the Los Angeles Times about a series of mysterious deaths: All the victims had reported recurring nightmares and died in their sleep.
rdGw TIL A company in Georgia, USA will mix your ashes following your cremation with cement and drop it to the bottom of the ocean to form an artificial reef.
BejW TIL the University of California (with 61 winners) has more Nobel winners than China, India, Japan, and the rest of Asia combined (with 49 laureates).
pYoEO TIL Marge Simpson once "wrote" a letter to Barbara Bush in response to some critical comments FLOTUS shared about The Simpsons. Barbara Bush replied and said this in her letter: "Clearly you are setting a good example for the rest of the country. Please forgive a loose tongue." Ladies made peace.
vrkD TIL that Topher Grace of ‘That 70’s Show’ edited all three 'Star Wars’ prequels into one condensed film that has been highly praised as a better version.