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TIL Saint Nick is the patron saint of prostitutes
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TIL in 1859, the French government passed a law defining the frequency of musical notes, in the first move to standardize musical pitches.
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TIL that Daniel Stern (Marv from Home Alone) has done over 500 hours of charity work in a single year, started a foundation for teens in Malibu and is an artist of bronze sculptures
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TIL that Zion National Park, originally named Mukuntuweap National Monument by the U.S. Government, was renamed by early Mormon settlers who were inspired by the biblical Mount Zion, seeing the landscape as a natural temple of God.
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TIL the U.S. Army illegally performed “psychological operations” to manipulate American senators into providing more troops and war funding – and when an officer tried to stop the operation, he was railroaded by military investigators.
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TIL of Nazi official Herbert Backe, who masterminded the WWII program to starve Eastern Europe. After the Allied victory he flew to Eisenhower's headquarters, perceiving himself as a leading expert on solving hunger problems and expecting a discussion with the general. He was imprisoned.