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TIL that Steve Irwin was buried at his beloved Australia Zoo

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69Xv7 TIL that Ranch dressing was invented in Alaska, by a plumber trying to keep his employees satisfied with his cooking
nZ7 TIL Lt. Worf was originally supposed to be a very minor character.
dDNK8 TIL: Llívia, a Spanish town with 1,511 residents, is entirely surrounded by France. This unique status stems from the 1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees, which ceded 33 villages in the Cerdanya region to France. However, Llívia was classified as a ‘town’ rather than a ‘village’ leaving it as part of Spain.
ALd7 TIL The photographer who took the picture of the starving African child with a vulture waiting for her death committed suicide after 3 months. His suicide note said “I am haunted by the vivid memories of killings and corpses and anger and pain.“
1aD7d TIL there is a restaurant in tiny Union CT that gives books away to every person that dines there.