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TIL that St. Nicholas of Myra, upon whom Santa Claus is based, is the patron saint of prostitutes

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R7XGQ TIL that shortly after his 101st birthday, Albert Hoffman, the swiss chemist known for discovering LSD, wrote a letter to Steve Jobs asking for his assistance in a study about the therapeutic uses of LSD. Jobs once famously said that taking LSD was one of the 2 or 3 most important things he'd done.
oBaO8 TIL that in 1671, Francois Vatel was responsible for a 2,000 person banquet in honor of King Louis XIV. He was so distraught about the lateness of the fish that he committed suicide. His body was found by someone announcing the delivery of the fish.
awXxM TIL The identity of the blonde female co-lead in the Men Without Hats video for Safety Dance (her character Jenny arc'd through 2 other MWH videos) was kept secret for decades when it was disclosed she was played by Brit Louise Court who'd later become a journalist and editor of Cosmopolitan UK
KOOlR TIL of the Chichijima incident, during an air raid in late 1944, nine Americans were shot down by the Japanese, 8 of the men were captured, tortured, executed, and five cannibalized. The only American to escape capture was future US president George H. W. Bush, then a 20yo airman.
AN9L4 TIL Hawaiian slack-key guitar tunings were once guarded fiercely and passed down as family secrets.