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TIL that in 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, Santa and his reindeer are miniature

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OWw7 TIL Ellie Kemper (The Office, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Crazy Blow Job Girl) is from one of the wealthiest families in the State of Missouri and the granddaughter of Mildred Lane Kemper, the namesake of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis
PK0V TIL that in one lifetime (of ~75 years) humans went from creating the first sustainable light bulb to building the first nuclear power plant (Obninsk).
epRBb TIL that a violent conflict (1974 to 1978) took place between two communities of chimpanzees in Tanzania. A large party of chimpanzees separated themselves from a once unified group and formed new group known as Kahama. During the four-year conflict, all males of Kahama community were killed.
wQrP TIL Satellites before the advent of digital imaging used standard film reels, which were recovered by dropping them from space and catching them mid air in a passing aircraft.
8abDG TIL of the world's rarest insect, the land lobster, which is found only on an island one-eighth of a square mile in size, in a small patch of shrubs growing on a single rock ledge.