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TIL the Bush administration paid the Taliban $43mil months before 9/11…

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yVyOV TIL That anteaters have no teeth.
1K1d TIL There is a Santa Claus University that teaches professional Santa Claus skills like toy knowledge, poses, and how to avoid law suit. A top-level Santa Claus can make up to $100,000 a year.
9M9X TIL that Thomas Jefferson was educated and tolerant about Islam, and forsaw Muslims running for president.
v1w44 TIL that May 14 is the feast day of St. Corona. She is the patron saint of butchers. Austrian farmers used to pray to her for protecting their livestock from contagious diseases.
eva6 TIL in large 16th Century kitchens a now extinct breed of dog was placed on a giant wheel and used to turn meat. It was viewed as a utensil rather than as a pet.