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TIL the average person eats more than 7,000 calories on Christmas Day, according to a study done by Associated British Foods

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dDED8 TIL With 8,130.5 mm (320.1 inches) of rainfall a year, Quibdó has the highest amount of rainfall in South America of any city of its size or greater. The wettest city of larger size, Monrovia in Liberia, receives 3,050 millimetres (120 in) less rain annually than Quibdó.
8aERZ TIL the Soviet Union held elections seeking the appearance of democracy, but only one candidate appeared on the ballot. In 1949, Ivan Burylov, protested this absurd ritual by writing the word ‘Comedy’ on his secret ballot. He was sentenced to 8 years in prison camps for his 'crime’.
jNpAE TIL Since 1991, there are japanese companies which offer family rental services. Actors are hired to act as family members, partners or even parents of clients in need of intimacy and social contact
a8rnZ TIL For “no direction Home”. The iconic “Judas” moment And the onstage colour footage of “like a rolling stone”in Dylan’s 1966 Manchester concert, originally recorded by D. A. Pennebaker, was found in 2004 in a pile of water-damaged film recovered from Dylan’s vault.
G6B4 TIL that some Chinese farmers use plastic molds to sculpt pears into the likeness of Buddhas.