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TIL: Christmas has deep pagan roots

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R70Qw TIL Over 100 Years Ago, the US Government Commissioned 7,500 Watercolor Paintings of Every Kind of Fruit in the Country
PNkw TIL there is an island called Just Enough Room where there’s just enough room for a tree, and a house
mx1OY TIL in Germany you can buy a sausage Advent calendar
7rMKx TIL about Osborne Bulls, iconic bull-shaped billboards found on highways throughout Spain that once served as advertisements for Vetenaro brandy. First erected during the 1950s, The billboards have become something of a national symbol in Spain.
wLKEW TIL an estimated one in fifty people suffer from Aphantasia, a condition in which the person’s “mind eye” is blind and they can’t picture things just by thinking about them