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TIL: we only ever see one side of the moon due to synchronous rotation

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E99X TIL that Kim Jung Il wanted to make his father a quilt from the softest material in the world so he, with the help of the North Korean populace, killed 700,000 sparrows for their neck feathers.
QJg9E TIL Necco Wafers are America’s oldest candy and has been made in New England since 1847. They were originally called “hub wafers” and were carried by Union soldiers during the Civil War
1a8wr TIL there is a micronation called Ladonia in southern Sweden that was created as a result of a court battle about two sculptures.
wLXGY TIL That childhood trauma is the most likely culprit of depression rather than a “sponateously malfunctioning brain”, and that being able to discuss the trauma greatly helps in overcoming it or preventing future illness
8aRB8 TIL of the Welsh Christmas tradition, Mari Lwyd, in which a skeletal horse mounted on a pole visits your door singing poetry. You are then compelled to engage in a battle of rhymes and must best it or else you’ll have to let it inside and give it food.