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TIL that the Sperm Whale have the largest brain of any creature known to have lived on Earth

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j6LLR TIL A Yule Log is an entire tree. Families would bring in the trunk of the tree and stick the big end of it in the fireplace. It's meant to last from Christmas Day to Jan 5th (the 12th night).
d8N8E TIL Ethiopia named one of it's cities squares in Addis Ababa after Mexico, because it was one of only 5 countries that refused to recognize Italy's annexation of Ethiopia during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
vPVL7 TIL narwhals are actual creatures, and not mythical ones. 🤦🏼‍♀️
vP0Lj TIL in 1647, the British Parliament banned Christmas in the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland. Christmas was rebelliously celebrated with men carrying spikes clubs patrolling the streets making sure shops stayed closed and riots in Norwich killing 40 people, resulting in the Second Civil War
dWO9 TIL Kraft Singles cannot legally be referred to as ‘Cheese’.