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TIL that film director Charles Stone III (Drumline) created the famous Budweiser commercial "Whassup?".

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OoK54 TIL Charles McCarthy decided to take his own life rather than fall into enemy hands. The Ashanti promptly removed his head and took it in triumph back to their capital at Kumasi. It was made into a gold-rimmed drinking cup for the use of their king.
rRnAM TIL of heat death, where the universe will eventually turn into a cold void with no interactions between particles, its ultimate death
W7RNL TIL about Cargo Cult, example being the Melanesian islanders during WWII in pacific theater. Once American and Japanese presence withdrawn in attempts to get cargo to fall by parachute or land in planes or ships again, islanders imitated the same practices they had seen the military personnel!
ZnQ TIL that estimates for the amount of time Bill Murray’s character is trapped in the perpetual Groundhog Day range up to 34 years.
jNmVE TIL that there is a fake McDonald's restaurant in Los Angeles hiding in an office park used only for TV and commercial purposes