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TIL the Amish celebrate Christmas twice. Once on December 25th, and once one January 6th for "Old Christmas"

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Pojg TIL that Winston Churchill was a major proponent of the Eugenics movement, and supported mass sterilisation
Brp9L TIL about proffesional French "flatulist" Joseph Pujol, aka Le Pétomane, who discovered as a young man that he could suck air into his anus and fart on command. He was the highest earning French entertainer of his time.
4lKo TIL a single mother who won a $188M Powerball jackpot last year pledged to spend her money on her children and her church, but has instead tied up over $21M keeping her (alleged) drug dealer boyfriend, Lamarr “Hot Sauce” McDow, out of jail on drug, weapon and street racing charges
6EJdY TIL that most of the 9/11 hijackers had no idea that they were on a suicide mission. Evidence shows that the majority likely believed that they were taking the planes hostage as a means of leveraging the release of Al-Qaeda prisoners. Only the men trained to fly the planes knew the truth.
wLDxP TIL HBO was worried the audience would think "The Sopranos" was about opera music. They tried to change the title to "Made in New Jersey" before compromising on a smoking gun in the title logo.