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TIL one of the origins of Boxing Day was about giving to those in need or service workers. Churches would collect donations in 'alms boxes' which would then be opened to distribute the contents to the poor. Though, no origin of boxing day is definitive.

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abvN TIL of Adrian Carton de Wiart who served in the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War; was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; survived two plane crashes and escaped a prisoner-of-war camp. He wrote, “Frankly I had enjoyed the war.”
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