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TIL Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of prostitutes.

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XxWk TIL that Google will award $30M to the first privately funded teams to successfully 1) land a robot on the Moon, 2) navigate it for more than 500m on its surface, and 3) transmit back high-def videos and images of the feat. Countries like Brazil, Chile, India, Hungary have joined the competition.
6EPjm TIL: The Polish cavalry charge against German tanks was a myth stoked by Nazi propaganda. In reality, the cavalrymen successfully attacked infantry. Some were even equipped with antitank weaponry.
b6LmN TIL - 50% of Led Zeppelin (John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page) played on Donovan's 1966 hit, "Sunshine Superman."
VBjAB TIL the term “red tape” comes from the historical practice of using red ribbons or tape to bind official documents. This practice dates back to at least the 16th century in Spain.
wR46 TIL that Japan only has a military for defense, meaning they can’t go fight outside of Japan or do any offensive missions at all.