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TIL The "X" in "Xmas" is an ancient symbol/initial for Christ, not a political/corporate attempt to "remove Christ from Christmas".

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K8N6 TIL: George Clooney kept a photo of himself as Batman as a cautionary reminder of making movies solely for money.
ADnx TIL White Castle was the first fast food restaurant, founded in 1921.
ZbPG TIL Werner Herzog was supposed to board a flight to Peru to scout locations for his film “Aguirre”, but he cancelled last minute. The plane crashed into the Amazon, killing 91 out of 92 people on board. Years later, he dedicated a documentary to the lone survivor who made it out of the jungle alive.
e8jg TIL the Alaska Railroad still allows passengers to wave a white cloth along the route and the train will stop to pick them up.
wLB6P TIL a staggering number of wild bee species are unaccounted for. Researchers looking at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility found there were about 25% less bee species reported between 2006 and 2015 compared to the 1990s