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TIL The USPS used to burn letters sent to "Santa". Now nonprofit organizations respond to children's letters on behalf of Santa

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Kk04 TIL Richard Nixon changed the Secret Service’s uniforms to old-school European-style uniforms. The change was wildly mocked and was reversed after a couple weeks.
nWnLW TIL "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water" by Limp Bizkit is the fastest-selling rock album ever in the United States. It sold 1,055,000 copies in the first seven days of it's release. It broke the record held by Pearl Jam for their album "Vs."
baxZ TIL during the Irish Famine the Choctaw Nation, who were going through poverty and starvation themselves, donated as much money as they could raise in solidarity with the Irish. The ‘Kindred Spirits’ sculpture commemorates this event
a8B8Z TiL that Juror #2 from "12 Angry Men" also was the voice actor behind Piglet in Disney's "Winnie the Pooh" films from the 60's all the way up to the early 2000's.
Lk7JZ TIL that China created execution vans to make executions more efficient.