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Today I learned Jingle Bells is actually a Thanksgiving song.

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eWO5 TIL mathematician Zachary Harris hacked into Google’s email system and sent a e-mail phishing attack to Larry Page from Sergey Brin’s e-mail account. All because he noticed a flaw in an e-mail sent from Google offering him a job and thought it was a test. It wasn’t.
e0NZk TIL the reason your nose gets stuffy when you cry is because your Lacrimal gland drains your tears out to your nose
W7xZ8 TIL a Victorian hack of growing rhubarb in complete darkness - except for the light of a single candle - produces a sweeter and redder result
xO0g TIL that Mormon leaders once publicly taught that handicapped people were “less valiant” spirits than able bodied people.
4QJa TIL in Afghanistan, 70% of population is under the age of 25