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TIL the current Dalai Lama was formally recognized in 1939 and has reigned since 1940

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j6LMp TIL: The Befana, is an Italian witch like woman who delivers gifts to children like Santa, but on Jan 5 with broomstick, gives garlic to bad children, and sweeps before she leaves. It was banned for a few years in 1977 to reduce holidays to help the economy.
8eAoK TIL that in 1972 Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin traveled to India and recorded several Zeppelin songs with Hindustani classical musicians, featuring tablas, tambura, flute, and strings.
VbMk TIL during WW2 the British maintained an entirely fictional army, the 4th Army, that they successfully used to draw German forces away from invasion targets on multiple occasions, including the Normandy landings
5YKvQ TIL Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) is often added to toothpaste to make it foam better. I can increase the rate of mouth ulcers by almost a third to those susceptible.
67XY TIL that a kidnapped Ethiopian girl was rescued by caring, protective lions.