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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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4k80J TIL Irish rugby player Trevor Brennan received a lifetime ban (5 years on appeal) for attacking a fan in the stands after they accused him of watering-down pints in his pub.
wOeW TIL there is a movement in France which rejects the Revolution and maintains that the Duke of Anjou, Louis Alphonse, is King Louis XX
WjvA TIL student loans have passed credit cards and auto loans to become the second biggest source of personal debt in the U.S., trailing only mortgages.
xrAg TIL the only reason the penny is still around is because of the powerful Big Zinc lobby
VVPD TIL the difference between a “syndrome” and a “disease” is that a disease has a known cause.