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TIL that St. Bibiana is the patron saint of hangovers

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e0lJb TIL of the Beslan School Massacre in Southwestern Russia on September 1st, 2004. Over 360 hostages, including 186 children, were killed by Islamic insurgents or Russian military personnel during the 4 day seige.
loJVr TIL Mapmakers deliberately put slight mistakes in their maps (fake streets, towns) so they can tell when someone copies them. They are called map traps.
x6p6g TIL that in the Battle of the Nile, Admiral Francois-Paul Brueys's hands, face, and arms were mauled by cannonfire: he continued to command, when a cannonball severed both his legs. He then ordered his men to strap him to an armchair and continued to order his men until his ship, L'Orient, blew up.
jAnR TIL paleontologists have found 55-million-year old fossil remains of parrots in Scandinavia
NXLYe TIL near the end of her life, Ada Lovelace had a religious transformation and began to repent the conduct of her life. After confessing something to her husband 3 months before her death, he abandoned her bedside. It is not known what she told him.