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TIL artichokes are no longer considered kosher because they often contain worms and other insects.

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78JpZ TIL that the reason why Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer doesn’t appear in more movies is because unlike the other reindeer, Rudolph is copyrighted by a Connecticut-based company. He was created by Robert L. May in 1939, for a story for a coloring book, which turned out to be a huge success.
XEd4E TIL Daylight Saving Time was made temporarily permanent in 1974
M7x4A TIL that the British, Canadians and Americans occupied Iceland during WWII
a81Ro TIL about the Schipperke, a special dog (bred to live on barges) it means "little boatman" or "little captain" in the Flemish language.
kO5A1 TIL that around Christmas of 1987, Ronald Gene Simmons murdered 16 people, 14 of which included his family. Months prior to his spree, he instructed his children to dig trenches that he later used to place his family in after their deaths. He turned himself in and never appealed his death sentence.