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TIL the creator of the American incarnation of Mothers Day’s later denounced the holiday and tried to have it removed from the national calendar because it became too commercialized.

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5dbn TIL that Immanuel Kant, one of the most influential philosophers in history, never traveled more than a few miles outside his home city of Königsberg in his 79 years of life.
ADXn TIL the Cleveland Indians held an unlimited 10 cent beer night in 1974, which resulted nudity, fireworks shot at the opposing team’s dugout, and a large fan riot complete with knives, chains, and portions of the stadium’s seats.
PY8Qg TIL that DMT has been found to bind to the sigma-1 receptor, which plays a key role in protecting cells from dying when oxygen is low, making room for the argument that DMT may indeed be released in large quantities during death in a last-gasp attempt to keep our cells alive.
xp7k TIL people that don’t ever wear shoes don’t ever get ingrown toenails.
m6GR TIL that Mark Twain disliked Jane Austen’s work enough to say “every time I read ‘Pride and Prejudice’ I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone”