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TIL the Supreme Court established "the reindeer rule" determining that sufficient secular elements can counterbalance religious components in a public display, meaning that municipalities include reindeer in addition to religious holiday displays to avoid violating the First Amendment.

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YpdMA TIL that the longest ice hockey game in history was game 5 of one of the quarter-finals of the 2016-17 Norwegian league playoffs. The game went into octuple overtime for a total of 157:14 of overtime, and 217:14 of hockey played. The game started at 18:00 and ended at 2:32 the next morning
x6l5B TIL that the color of an egg yolks is determined by the chickens diet
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