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TIL Halloween is a satanic holiday and we should stop celebrating it

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b6gy9 TIL US & UK shoe sizes is based on the size of a Barleycorn!
99Rm TIL that adding “but you are free to refuse” after a verbal request can double your chances of getting what you want.
8aZbK TIL about Douglas Bader a pilot who lost both his legs in a plane crash in 1931 but went on to become a legendary pilot in WWll - captured by the Germans and given prosthetic legs - the first thing he did with them was try to escape!!!
p8Y0O TIL about Skateistan, an organization that helps street kids in developing countries by teaching them how to skateboard.
Qndd TIL that FDR was so tired of the Supreme Court ruling his new laws unconstitutional, that he was going to use a loophole in the constitution to “pack” the courts with as many as 5 new pro-new deal justices. His ploy worked and the court started to rule in favor of his legislation.