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TIL “The Night Before Christmas” story was written 200 years ago this year.

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8yXa TIL that in 1967 British philosopher Bertrand Russell organized an international war crimes tribunal that unanimously concluded the U.S Government was guilty of genocide against the people of Vietnam.
VM75m TIL of Marty Irby who spoke out against soring TN Walking Horses: caustic stuff & weights are put on legs; a horse throws its leg in the air reacting to the pain which trains the horse for The Big Lick high-stepping. Irby got death threats & even his wife left him for taking a stance against soring.
DKbV TIL ATM PINs were originally intended to have six digits, but have four because the inventor’s wife said she could only remember that many.
woEyW TIL The Four Minute Men were American volunteers who gave propaganda speeches during the First World War. The speeches were four minutes long because they often spoke in movie theaters where it took four minutes to change film reels. Speakers also often modified the speech for the local audience.
D1XWD TIL: The concept of "Liquid Lead", were the roles of leader and follower are changed during the dance by the couple, breaking gender roles.