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TIL Christmas wasn't an official holiday in the United States until 1870.

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OG7r6 TIL the tallest mountains on Titan, a moon of Saturn, are all named after places in The Lord of the Rings, with the tallest being Doom Mons, or Mount Doom.
D1GVg TIL that there are still about twenty working phone numbers in America (different zip codes) for "867-5309"
WAd8 TIL People with good social support are less likely to develop mental disorders (such as PTSD, anxiety, bipolar, etc.)
nWJeo TIL Frank Sinatra passed away during the night of Seinfeld's final episode, and his ambulance was able to quickly reach the hospital due to the reduced traffic resulting from the widespread viewership.
7ryNP TIL in the book "Gulliver's Travels", the laputans, scientists who live on a magnetically levitating island, discovered two moons of Mars. This was 150 years before we actually discovered Mars had moons.