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TIL the 12 days of Christmas refers to the 12 days following Christmas, not the 12 days preceding Christmas

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x6X7g TIL of 'Denny', the only known individual whose parents were two different species of human. She lived ninety thousand years ago in central Asia, where a fragment of her bone was found in 2012. Her mother was a Neanderthal and her father was a Denisovan.
DQDPj TIL that you remember more dreams when you sleep badly. Research suggests that if you sleep badly and wake up multiple times throughout the night you will be more likely to recall the content of any dreams you had. You are also more likely to remember a dream when woken from one.
BpQy TIL many passengers on a Boeing 767 crash landing in the ocean died because they inflated their life jackets too early while still inside the cabin
WkobA TIL that the popular spiral depiction of the Milky Way is actually of another galaxy, Messier 74. Since we live in the Milky Way, we can't take a picture of it from the outside.
XEbJD TIL that there is a Fictious Athlete Hall of Fame, and Rocky Balboa is the inaugural member.