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TIL Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, students and prostitutes

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4k985 TIL An award worth between 15 and 30 percent of the total proceeds that IRS collects will be paid, if the IRS moves ahead based on the information provided. Under the law, these awards will be paid when the amount identified by the whistleblower is more than $2 million.
w6WJ TIL Germany has a program targeted at pedophiles who have yet to commit crimes. The goal is to help them find treatment, because many don’t want to harm others.
90KG TIL A free kitchen operated by volunteers in India serves 100,000 hot meals a day, and has been for over 300 years.
Mey0V TIL A pirate had a bounty of $500 put on him by a governor, so he put an even larger bounty on the governor (reports say either $1500 or $5000).
mxyAO TIL A tabby is any domestic cat with a distinctive 'M' shaped marking on its forehead. "Tabby" is not a breed of cat but a coat type seen in almost all genetic lines of domestic cats. Tabby originally referred to "striped silk taffeta" from the French word tabis, meaning "a rich watered silk."