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Today I learned Jingle Bells is actually a Thanksgiving song.

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PXQe TIL A defector used balloons to air drop thousands of copies of the film “The Interview” into North Korea.
e0XX5 Today I learned of Saturn, the crocodile who survived WW2 in the inhospitable streets of Berlin after intense bombing, until dying recently at the ripe old age of 84.
yQyx8 TIL Before being injured in battle during the last stages of WW1, Hitler was described as being a stressed out timid man suffering from hysteria. After being tutored in a psychiatric ward by Dr Edward Forster, Hitler was transformed, and left the hospital carrying the traits of the future "Fuhrer".
0YX5 TIL American Home Ownership is the Lowest Since 1967.
rlyx TIL a tree, believed to be at least 3000 years old was cut down in 1964 by a grad student. The reason why is still in dispute. The tree was later proven to be at least 4864 years old and likely more than 5000. It was more than 1000 years old when the Great Pyramid of Giza was built.