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TIL “Mary” of Mary Had A Little Lamb was an 83-year-old teacher named Mary F. Sawyer, who brought her pet lamb to the school she taught at around the time of the Battle of Waterloo

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jNX7p TIL If you visit Luxembourg in late February, you may see burning crosses all over the country. This is an ancient Celtic tradition that has been kept to this day, which is meant to chase away winter and welcome spring.
EXew TIL that in ancient Greece having a second toe that is longer than the big toe was considered a standard of beauty. This condition, today known as Greek Foot, is depicted in many famous statues, such as Michelangelo’s David and the Statue of Liberty.
5MOn TIL that over 30 million Facebook accounts belong to dead people
7rmlM TIL that daith ear cartilage piercings can relieve some people of migraines by severing part of the vagus nerve
jLVv TIL in 1937 Hitler told a British official that the British should “shoot Gandhi, and if this doesn’t suffice to reduce them to submission, shoot a dozen leading members of the Congress, and if that doesn’t suffice shoot 200, and so on, as you make it clear that you mean business.”