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TIL The President of Argentina is the official godparent of every seventh son or daughter in a family, a tradition rooted in folklore to protect them from becoming werewolves

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KY0J4 TIL Olive Garden shareholders voted to replace the company's entire board of directors in 2014 after investors got into a disagreement over the promise of unlimited bread sticks.
jNmwn TIL of the Stedinger Revolt. On 29 October 1232, Pope Gregory IX sent a letter authorising a crusade against the excommunicated Stedinger. In his letter, Gregory accused the Stedinger of holding orgies and worshiping demons in Satanic rites. The crusaders massacred 11,000 "their wives and children".
0dbej TIL that from 2021-2024, there were only two commercial aircraft incidents involving fatalities in the United States: the 2022 Mutiny Bay DHC-3 Otter crash (10 fatalities) and 2020 Calabasas helicopter crash (9 fatalities).
9YQPX TIL of the Eternal Flame Falls, in Chestnut Ridge, NY. A naturally occurring gas seep feeds a flame in the heart of the waterfall