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TIL St Adrian is the patron saint of arms dealers (he also covers butchers, guards, soldiers and peacekeeping missions)

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JYKw8 TIL of the Sulimov dog, which was created from a hybrid between 2 Lapponian Herder dogs and 2 golden jackals for Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot. It was bred together with various other breeds for 7 generations to increase trainability and establish a breed.
gr6DA TIL, that in the US, President Lincoln made the first federal observance of Thanksgiving on August 6, 1863. The holiday was changed to the last Thursday in November a few months later.
XErYR TIL Indians are relearning Sanskrit and reviving the ancient language, with 10,000 new speakers in 2010 alone
Pe8O TIL that within a few decades of the Magna Carta being put in place in England, Genghis Khan (founder of the Mongolian empire) implemented a very similar document into law, which among other things, protected the right to freedom of Religion
9Y6ar TIL Broadway vs Off-Broadway is based on the number of seats, with Broadway having over 500, Off-Broadway between 100-499, and Off-Off-Broadway having less than 99