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TIL that it is a tradition in Japan to create rabbits out of snow that is called Yukiusagi, they use berries or red food dye for the eyes and bamboo leaves for the ears

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LkBmV TIL there was a video game battle involving 7,546 people that spanned 2 days, and resulting in the destruction of between $300,000 and $330,000 in assests. Its the largest and most expensive video game battle ever
9Y0dG TIL the world record for the loudest thing ever shouted belongs to an Irish female teacher who shouted the word “quiet” at 121 decibels, the equivalent of a jet engine.
rmpd TIL Anderson Cooper is the great-great-great grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt.
yQRe8 TIL an early Oral Roberts Ministries world headquarters building was equipped with what was said to be “the world’s largest freight elevator, reputedly capable of taking an entire U.S. Postal truck loaded with the mailed donations of Roberts’ faithful TV audience to a secure processing room.”
nebyG TIL about walking adventurer Karl Bushby, currently attempting to be the first person to completely walk an unbroken path around the world since 1998