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TIL that the tumbleweed originally came from Russia
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TIL that Charles Dance who plays Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones found Tywin's treatment of his son so appalling that he kept apologizing to Dinklage between takes.
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TIL That the punk band NOFX received many offers to sign with major record labels, but the band declined the offers. Thay stated that they explicitly rejected the advances of major record labels and radio airplay, stating "We've been doing fine all these years without you so leave us alone!"
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TIL Little Caesars founder Mike Ilitch quietly paid Rosa Parks rent for years.
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TIL of the biblical practice of shmita - every seven years, farmland would be left fallow. Any crops that grew were free for the taking by all, and all debts were negated.
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TIL In 1936, King George V was injected with 1g of cocaine and 750mg of morphine - enough to kill him twice - to make sure he died in time for printing presses which rolled at midnight.