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TIL the US once planned to stage acts of terrorism in the US and blame it on Cuba to provoke a war (Operation Northwoods)

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b9NE4 TIL that the early 19th-century American interpretation of Santa Claus was part of a movement to tone down the wild Christmas celebrations of the era, which included aggressive home invasions under the guise of wassailing (caroling), substantial premarital sex, and public displays of sexual deviancy
M7XRV TIL that the Portuguese entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 was one of the two secret signals which alerted the rebel captains and soldiers to begin the Carnation Revolution
KYDw4 TIL that a man has died after using an epoxy adhesive to 'seal his penis' because he didn't have a condom to have sex.
KpvJ TIL in 2009, Miller High Life bought one second of commercial time for the Super Bowl and saw sales go up 8.6%
D1wxP TIL more than 5,000 babies across the United States were abducted by a supposedly charitable organization between 1924 and 1950. The group targeted poor Southern families and developed a black market for white babies.