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TIL that all letters addressed to Santa in the United States go to Santa Claus, Indiana where they celebrate Christmas all year long.

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R1N1 TIL Ernest Hemingway begged his wife not to send him for more electroshock treatments because he lost so much of his memory he couldn’t even remember his own name. He committed suicide the day after his 36th shock treatment.
aKjb TIL that in 1988, Iran began a country-wide purge of political prisoners. People were beaten for missing daily prayers. One woman died after 22 days and 550 lashes, and the authorities certified her death as suicide because it was ‘she who had made the decision not to pray’.
rNY7d TIL 'Midnight Train to Georgia' was written as a pop/country song ‘Midnight Plane to Houston,’ inspired by Farrah Fawcett
GALB4 TIL: that in Switzerland, it’s illegal to own just one guinea pig because they get lonely.
a8k6M TIL of 17 year old Trey Sims who was prosecuted for sexting his gf, detective David Abbott got a search warrant authorizing him to take photos of his erect penis. Detective also made him to masturbate so he can take pics of his erect penis, court deemed this search illegal 3 years later on appeal.