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TIL of the Schultüte, which means "school cone" in English. It is a large attractively decorated cone filled with toys, chocolate, sweets, school supplies, and various other treats. The cones are given to German children by their parents and/or grandparents on their first day of first grade.

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OoDM4 TIL it is a myth that adult birds abandon their young if handled by humans as birds have a very poor sense of smell.
b6g87 TIL that a T54 was captured and examined by the British during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution
9w6QB TIL that Orthodox and Conservative Jews believe a person is Jewish if his mother is, but not if only his father is.
woK0W TIL "to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps" is an example of an impossible task. The idiom dates at least to 1834, from the Workingman's Advocate: "It is conjectured that Mr. Murphee will now be enabled to hand himself over the Cumberland river or a barn yard fence by the straps of his boots.
5YL98 TIL of Kirk Alexander, a man who ordered from his local Domino's almost every night for 10 years. When he hadn't ordered anything for 11 days at the end of 2016, the manager of that Domino's grew concerned, sent a deliveryman to check up on him and called 911. He was found in critical condition.