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TIL that Greek god Dionysus was born from a virgin, around the winter solstice, turned water into wine and supposedly drinking his blood would offer immortality

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loOBG TIL of Sgt Pilcher, who in 1960s London arrested Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Donovan, George Harrison, John Lennon, among others, for drugs possession. He almost got Eric Clapton, but the guitarist legged it out the back when Pilcher claimed to be the postman with a special delivery.
WVoN TIL a man at Auschwitz voluntarily stepped in to die for a complete stranger, the man he replaced went on to live another 53 years
b6O7a TIL that in 2013, a Humboldt State study determined that teens who listened to heavy metal in the 80s tended to have more adverse childhood experiences than two non-metal control groups but they were "significantly happier" in their youth and had "significantly fewer regrets" than the control groups
lMbA TIL the Cherokee language does not contain the sounds “Che”, “Ro”, or “Kee”. The native word for Cherokee is Tsalagi.
LPW0 TIL Mild-mannered Jon Lovitz went nuts on Andy Dick at a comedy club accusing him of being somewhat responsible for Phil Hartman’s death. Dick apparently got Hartman’s wife back on drugs. Phil was shot five months later.