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

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v8ML TIL There’s an area on Mt. Everest called “Rainbow Valley”, named for the multicolored down jackets and climbing gear attached to the numerous corpses littered along the hillside.
x6rQB TIL Hudson Soft, despite making the TurboGrafx16 to compete with the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis, made games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis during the time their console was out.
WryY TIL Gallaudet in Washington, DC is the only university in the world designed entirely for the deaf. Its open architecture is based on lines of sight, with sliding doors to not interrupt sign language eye contact while walking, and blue walls to provide contrasting backdrops for signing.
e07vg TIL early Antarctic explorers used a novel treatment for snow blindness- cocaine.