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TIL St. Nicholas (aka Santa Claus) is the patron saint of prostitutes

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XDZR TIL that trigonometry was invented by a Muslim scientist so that he could find the direction of Mecca from any point on the planet.
kOxBE TIL that you have drastically less time to escape a fire in a newer house than an older house (due to newer furniture and structures burning faster).
e0pkk TIL of the Amritsar massacre in India. In April 1919, when Indians, the majority Sikh, gathered to protest in a walled garden against British Colonial rule, British troops opened fire on the peaceful protestors, killing anywhere from 379-1000 and injuring another 1,100.
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