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TIL Birthday candles can be traced back to the ancient Greeks

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6W5m TIL about a place in Canada called Cape Breton where Scottish descendants still speak Gaelic, and they sent musicians to Scotland to teach the Scottish how to play traditional music
neZ0o TIL Paul Castellano, the future head of the Gambino crime family, allegedly ordered the 1975 murder of Vito Borelli, the boyfriend of his daughter Constance, because he compared him to Frank Perdue, the owner and spokesperson for Perdue Farms, and felt insulted
OoDy1 TIL In the Middle Ages charity events called "help ales" were thrown by brewing up a big batch of ale, having a big party to drink it, and collect donations.
L1Yr TIL: In 1995, St. Jude’s Hospital received an anonymous letter with a $1 million winning McDonald’s Monopoly game piece. Although it was against the rules to transfer prizes, McDonald’s honored it even after learning that the piece was sent by an individual involved in an embezzlement scheme.
kOQN5 TIL about 2115, a movie by John Malkovich and Robert Rodriguez that wont be released for 95 years