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TIL under the policy of state atheіsm, the Sovіet Union encouraged children to campaign against Santa Claus

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XEWN6 TIL that only 2 foreigners reached the rebel army's highest rank "comandante" during the Cuban revolution. One of them was Che Guevara. The other was a American soldier named William A. Morgan. He joined the revolution in 1957, claiming to seek revenge for a friend who was killed by Batista's regime
XAoD TIL there is a Superhero whose sole power is being able to remove his limbs to bludgeon people
Meo9A TIL Loraine Allison was the only child from first class to die on the Titanic. She had remained with her parents on the ship looking for her baby brother who had unknown to them already safely left in a lifeboat with his nanny.
0wWLA TIL of the Mannanafnanefnd. A committee in Iceland that determines whether a name is suitable for integration into the Icelandic language. New names are considered based on compatibility with Icelandic tradition and the likelihood that it might cause the bearer embarrassment
N77eM TIL of a man who killed 57 people on a spree that lasted 8 hours after his girlfriend woke up him by swatting a fly on his chest.