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7rlpx TIL that Christmas as we know it (family gatherings, seasonal food & drink, games, festive generosity, even saying Merry Christmas), is largely the result of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Before 1843 Christmas was associated w/ countryside peasant revelry & disconnected from modern city life.
69opQ TIL that Phil Collins played at both Live Aid concerts on the same day at Wembley Stadium and JFK
ZW1B TIL that Cesar Millan, the Dog Whisperer, immigrated to the United States illegally
e8AJ TIL of surrealist poet Robert Desnos who started reading palms of fellow prisoners on their way to the Nazi gas chambers. His excitement was so contagious as he predicted longevity, more children, and abundant joy that the guards were unable to go through with the executions.
5Vw9B TIL that Humanity eats 70 Billion Chickens each year