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TIL the first "Seven Wonders" lists came guidebooks popular with Hellenic sightseers that date from the 2nd-1st century BC.

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9wlQD TIL that on Christmas Eve 1944, a group of lost and wounded US Soldiers and lost and tired German soldiers laid down their weapons and shared a meager holiday meal together. The story became the basis for the 2002 television movie "Silent Night."
GA5v5 TIL Bishop Budde personally brought Matthew Shepard to be interred at the Washington National Cathedral, after finding out his parents couldn’t have a proper funeral for him due to the extreme violence aimed at them after his horrific murder. He is resting at the same location as Hellen Keller.
epgdn TIL In 1804 Mandan tribe of North Dakota were enthralled with York [Lewis & Clark's enslaved Black servant] because they thought he resembled a sacred animal, the bear. The Mandan encouraged their women to have relations with York, hoping the power of the bear would be passed on to their offspring.
4kLjN TIL about Fallstreak Holes or “hole-punch” clouds, a natural weather phenomenon that causes a large gap, usually circular or elliptical, that can appear in cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds. It’s often associated with UFO sightings
7rDjp TIL that there is exactly one place in the British Isles to have a name with an exclamation point in its name.