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TIL in Ireland, they leave Guinness out for Santa on Christmas Eve

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96MX TIL, Lucifer as a proper name was not originally in the book of Isaiah, as the word Lucifer is of latin origin which did not exist when Isaiah was written, and stems from a mistranslation in the King James Version of the bible. The original hebrew text may even be about a Babylonian king.
kOyy5 TIL In 2006, 3 fans of Russian football club Zenit St. Petersburg traveled 9320 miles in an old Honda to watch their team's next match in Vladivostok. The car broke in Vladivostok and they were stranded. Zenit offered a free train ride back, and the broken Honda is on display in the museum of Zenit.
awgrJ TIL To promote “The Room”, Tommy Wiseau personally spent $5,000 a month on a highway billboard advert for 5 years. This is in spite of the fact that the film only played for 2 weeks in the summer of 2003. Wiseau kept promoting it for years after it closed.
DboV TIL that Australia and England have competed for cricket trophy “the ashes” 64 times since 1884. The score is currently 32-32
GM74 TIL that in 1984 a Beluga whale named Noc learned to warble in a human voice that was so convincing it fooled a diver into thinking someone was shouting at him to get out of the water!