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TIL that André the Giant grew so fast that his own parents didn't recognize him. He left home at 14 and returned at 19, having already become a professional wrestler. As he explained his career choice, they realized they had seen him wrestle on TV under his alias, without knowing it was their son.

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ANXOn TIL That the first chocolate Advent calendar appeared in 1958, produced by a German company. In 1971 that Cadbury joined the race and launched its own version in the UK. Cadbury produced Advent calendars intermittently from 1972 to 1986, but it wasn’t until 1993 that they finally became a mainstay.
p8MGZ TIL that the first female referee in a UEFA-sanctioned football game was Nicole Petignat, the match was AIK(SWE) vs Fylkir (ISL). AIK won 1-0
neYOP TIL Leif Erikson may not have even been the first Norsemen to discover the Americas. In 986, Bjarni Herjolfsson sighted the mainland while trying to sail to Greenland. He decided to not make landfall, and later sagas would not include him, giving most, if not all, of the credit to Leif.
rNede TIL about “English as She is Spoke”, a Portuguese-English translation guide, written by an author that had no grasp of English. He used a Portuguese-French and then a French-English guide for help instead. The resulting book was read by both Mark Twain and Abraham Lincoln to have a good laugh.
KNdQ TIL more than 3.5 million people experience homelessness each year in the United States and 25% of this number are children under the age of 18.