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

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1dJ7 TIL Genghis Khan would marry off a daughter to the king of an allied nation, then assign his new son-in-law to military duty in the Mongol wars, while the daughter took over the king’s rule. Most sons-in-law died in combat, allowing him to build a shield around the Mongol lands.
JYwvV TIL Oasis didn't take part in making the soundtrack for "Trainspotting", because Noel Gallagher thought the film was about actual trainspotters.
j6kvM TIL that Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had bad handwriting, and before his "Letter from Birmingham Jail" was published, Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker had to puzzle out what was written on the scraps of paper smuggling out of King's jail cell
b6M09 TIL that the Universe's average colour is called 'Cosmic latte'. In a 2002 study, astronomers found that the light coming from galaxies averaged into a beige colour that’s close to white.
gM4aA TIL it took until 2020 to clear all the landmines in the Falkland Islands left over from the Falklands War