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TIL the famous dog on the cover of National Lampoon's "Buy This Magazine or the Dog Gets It" actually was tragically shot and killed in an unrelated incident.

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D1gbg TIL Otto Frank, the father of Anne Frank, attempted to gain US visas for his family but only received one for himself that was cancelled when Germany declared war on the USA. His entire family later died during the holocaust.
MY7B TIL that St. Bibiana is the patron saint of hangovers
Br1dW TIL that the serial killer with the 2nd highest known victim count was released in 1998 and his whereabouts is currently unknown.
xVoBb TIL tarot decks were originally used to play various card games similar to bridge, and are still used this way in parts of Europe. They did not become widely associated with the occult until more than 300 years after they were invented.
x6Nnk TIL about the Nichoria bone. A fossilized thigh bone belonging to an immense extinct mammal and found by the ancient Greeks. Believing the bone belonged to a giant, the Greeks venerated it. Thought to be long lost, it was rediscovered in Duluth, Minnesota.