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TIL of the burials of Hawaiian chiefs and Sacred burial Practices of the Ancient Native Hawaiians

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4vYJ TIL Caterpillars “Melt” Almost Completely Before Growing Into Butterflies in the Chrysalis
OGBNL TIL even though Athens was a democracy, and all its adult male citizens were members of the Assembly, many of the city’s offices were filled by lot because election was regarded as undemocratic, since it effectively pronounced some citizens better qualified than others.
DQeBD TIL that the film version of the musical "In the Heights" nearly wasn't produced because Universal wanted a bankable star in the cast. While the film was in limbo, its writer Lin-Manuel Miranda went on vacation and bought a copy of Ron Chernow's "Hamilton", which inspired the show
4kVEa TIL that Wall Street gets it's name from the wall built around the Dutch colony in New York
Ooboe TIL that When written down, the word ‘almost’ is ALMOST the longest word in the English language to have all of its letters in alphabetical order. It comes second to the proper noun Aegilops (which many do not consider as the winner because it is a proper noun).