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TIL of Jolabokaflod, a Christmas Eve tradition in Iceland where friends and family get together to exchange books and then they all read them together while eating chocolate and drinking cocoa.

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QNvvk TIL in March 1933 The Enabling Act became law in Germany, giving the chief executive power enforce his own laws without checks and balances. The passing of the Act marked the formal transition from democratic republic to totalitarian dictatorship. 6 months later, it was a 1 party state.
jwOM TIL that more people died during the Mao Era in China (49m to 78m) than all World War II casualties included (40m-72m). Making it the most mortiferous event in human history, only topped by the Black Plague in Europe.
AwNo TIL a 1994 letter from Johnny Cash to his wife June was voted the greatest love letter of all time. It beat out notes by English Romantic poet John Keats, Winston Churchill, Jimi Hendrix, and the great Hollywood lovers Richard Burton and Liz Taylor.
loEjG TIL that Opossums have 13 nipples, arranged in a circle of 12 with one in the middle.
xVE11 TIL that contrary to popular belief, the vast majority born in California remain in California rather than moving to other States. California actually has one of the highest retention rates for native born citizens in the country.