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TIL that three original transcripts of the minutes of the 1431 trial of Joan of Arc still exist.

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6PWZ TIL that there is an entire episode of “Full House” devoted to making fun of people who make duck faces.
b6mNZ TIL that a small city in Canada has been celebrating Wrestling Day on January 2nd, every year since 1959, where all the businesses are closed so that people can wrestle with their hangovers for an extra day after New Year’s Eve.
jNj0v TIL that the American Indian tribes removed to Oklahoma in the "Trail of Tears" were considered "civilized" and had adopted "Christianity, centralized governments, literacy, market participation, written constitutions, intermarriage with white Americans, and plantation slavery practices"
klyW TIL Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
l7Re7 TIL although Green Bay, Wisconsin is the smallest major league professional sports market in North America, the NFL's Green Bay Packers ranked as the world's 27th-most-valuable sports franchise in 2019, with a value of $2.63 billion.