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TIL Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of prostitutes.

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07oj TIL that during WW II the 603rd unit was designated as Camouflage Engineers. Many of the soldiers were recruited from arts schools and set designers. Their objective was not only to teach camouflage, but to deceive the enemy through the art of design. They became known as the Ghost Army
4XP6a TIL that Wanda Barzee, the wife of Elizabeth Smart’s kidnapper (and accomplice to the abduction) is currently free, having been released from prison in 2018
JYP4m TIL that farmed salmon can get depression, a state which causes them to stop eating and radically changes their physical attributes
KOpVG TIL the Seinfeld episode "The Pen" was the only one that did not feature George. Jason Alexander so incensed that he threatened to leave the show if the writers ever turned in another script that excluded his character.
wG5P TIL the oldest bar in the Unites States is also where the British first referred to the US as a sovereign nation.