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mxdXO TIL a live recording of pop saxophonist Kenny G's "Going Home" is played in businesses/stores/stations/on TV throughout China at the end of the day. Many Chinese people associate the song with going home or finishing work, though they do not know the track or artist
geML TIL Belize was once ruled by a “snake dynasty.” A 1,300-year-old burial chamber holds the clues to a forgotten empire.
MeV17 TIL that the very last Peanuts comic strip, in which creator Charles Schultz ended the story of Charlie Brown and said farewell to his fans, was drawn by Schultz in November of 1999. He would die in his sleep three months later — the night before the final comic was published.
9onm TIL that wild Parrots actually name their children, and that name sticks for life.
wL1ZY TIL that "world’s leading source of high-grade uranium" was accidentally found in 1966 by a bunch of oil dudes who took a Geiger counter on a plane so they could write off their fishing trips as business expenses.