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TIL that Puritans started a “War on Christmas” in the 17th Century, considering it hedonistic and heretical.

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R774Q TIL That Rheas (large South American birds related to the Ostrich) are loose in Germany and have established a stable population
oy8r TIL the 300 different NPCs in GTA San Andreas are voiced with as much as 60,000 possible lines, making it almost impossible for any one player to have “heard” the full game audio.
N1ZQ TIL the cast/crew of Star Wars: A New Hope flew coach to England due to a low budget. Carrie Fisher’s mother, Debbie Reynolds, called George Lucas to complain about her daughter flying coach. Fisher took the phone from Lucas and said “Mother, I want to fly coach, will you fuck off?!” and hung up.
X0AGE TIL that in 2019, a stowaway on a flight destined for Heathrow Airport fell into a garden, one meter away from a sunbathing resident
oB81K TIL that according to the interpretation of Rav (one of the greatest Talmudic scholars), the "mark" G-d gave to Cain was a dog.