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TIL there no rats in Alberta. The province is rat-free and there is a program to keep it that way. Public education is directed toward identification of rats and rat signs. The discovery of a rat in Edmonton or Calgary receives full media coverage.

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oBQgR TIL First contemporary study to debunk the myth, that homosexuality is a mental disorder, dates back to 1956. Evelyn Hooker's experiment paired a sample of 30 heterosexual men and 30 homosexual men on equivalent IQ, age, and education, finding no correlation between homosexuality and mental illness
W9j8 TIL tonight is Krampusnacht - when St. Nick’s counterpart, the Krampus, whips and kidnaps bad children
eplmg TIL about Jerusalem Syndrome, where people with no previous history of psychopathology suddenly exhibit religiously-themed obsessive ideas, delusions, or other psychosis-like experiences after visiting Jerusalem.
AZGn TIL Zorastians believed in Self Marriage. Meaning they could marry their daughters, mothers, and sisters.
698W7 TIL going to the beach and swimming in the ocean for leisure is a relatively modern practice in the western world. Prior to the 17th century, Europeans historically viewed beaches as frightening places, and "only peasants sought refuge from the heat in the cool seawater".