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TIL that, according to demonology, Adrammelech is not only the chancellor of Hell and president of the senate of demons; he's also in charge of Satan's wardrobe

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Lv5V TIL When asked, after 50 years of research, what he knew about the reason people sleep, William Dement, founder of Stanford University’s Sleep Research Center, answered, “As far as I know, the only reason we need to sleep that is really, really solid is because we get sleepy.”
0wmbM TIL that to celebrate the end of winter children in Poland create a straw doll that represents Marzanna, goddess of death, winter, and nightmares; which they then set on fire and drown in a river to cleanse themselves of the harsh winter they've endured
w9eo TIL that the iconic baker known as Betty Crocker never actually existed, and was merely a marketing tool created by General Mills.
0dMe1 TIL the the Royal Canadian Mounted Police place undercover sky marshals on every Canadian flight to Ronald Regan Washington National Airport
W7Zbd TIL UTC-11 (which includes American Samoa) is the last inhabited time zone to celebrate the New Year. UTC-12 exists, but no inhabited territories lie within it.