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TIL Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of prostitutes.

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gjd7 TIL Effiel tower has names of seventy-two French scientists, engineers, and mathematicians engraved in recognition of their contributions around its sides
xVGAB TIL 5 men volunteered to stand directly under a Nuclear Blast in 1959, with a sixth man who didn't volunteer. None suffered immediate harm, but all later developed cancer.
4nR TIL there is a red beach in China
DeYr TIL that from 1998-2006 the highest finish by a rider in the Tour de France not implicated in doping is 4th.
vPZo8 TIL the pilot for "E.R." was originally written back in 1974 as a film screenplay