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TIL The letter E is the most commonly used letter in 11 languages.

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8ag9P TIL the night sky is different is the southern hemisphere. Also the moon is upside down?
j6LMp TIL: The Befana, is an Italian witch like woman who delivers gifts to children like Santa, but on Jan 5 with broomstick, gives garlic to bad children, and sweeps before she leaves. It was banned for a few years in 1977 to reduce holidays to help the economy.
1Qv7 TIL in 2009, a 9yr old girl was raped by her stepfather and got pregnant with twins. It was a very risky pregnancy and she had an abortion. The Catholic Church excommunicated the girl, her mother (who authorized the abortion) and all doctors involved in the process. Her rapist wasn’t excommunicated.
xVk9D TIL that organ donation is on an opt-out basis in Singapore. Citizens who opt-out have a lower priority of receiving an organ should they need one.
LkNNp TIL of Mary Blagg--an early 20th-century astronomer who pioneered the field of lunar nomenclature. She was tasked with naming every discernible feature on the moon, leading her to create a list detailing thousands upon thousands of craters, fissures, and gullies along its surface.