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j6LLR TIL A Yule Log is an entire tree. Families would bring in the trunk of the tree and stick the big end of it in the fireplace. It's meant to last from Christmas Day to Jan 5th (the 12th night).
X8KX TIL that 30 of the first 31 Popes of the Catholic Church were murdered.
rNL60 TIL English has 14-21 vowel sounds (depending on dialect), far more than the 5-6 of an average language like Spanish, Hindi, Telugu, Arabic, or Mandarin. This is why foreign speakers often struggle with getting English vowels right.
GPL1 TIL There are more “Swedish” ISIS jihadists per capita than any other western country (from October 2014)
R5Ngj TIL that Marilyn Monroe spent most of her childhood in foster homes and orphanages until age 16 when, upon being faced with being returned to an orphanage, she chose to get married to her neighbour's 21 year old son, drop out of school, and become a housewife.