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TIL that Trick-or-Treating originates from Britain/Ireland and was in fact poor people begging for food in exchange for prayers for the dead

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Vx7Q TIL Livia Soprano was suppose to die when Tony tries to suffocate her in season 1. However, Nancy Marchand, who played Livia, was sick with cancer and said to the creator, “David, just keep me working.” He graciously obliged. She died before her final scenes so they CGI’d her head on a body double.
jNrPQ TIL that in 1497, John Cabot, a Venetian explorer landed in Canada which he mistook for Asia and laid a claim on it for King Henry VII of England.
E1DOo TIL Switzerland is rigged with over 3000 demolition points to collapse bridges and create bomb shelters in event of an attack.
xV0Z5 TIL of the Rosewood massacre an attack in 1923 on the predominantly African American town of Rosewood, Fl. by large groups of white aggressors. The town was entirely destroyed by the end of the violence, and the residents were driven out permanently. It was mostly forgotten until the 1980s.
bKvp TIL Balls are different for men and women in pro tennis