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TIL for the last 8 years Ukranians have referred to Russia as "Mordor"

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eBOg TIL That after the French Revolution some card games started to use the ace or 1 as the highest card which symbolized the lowest in society rising above the King
loEVN TIL Oregon had the only state-sponsored rock festival in United States history, Vortex I. It was an elaborate ploy to lure young people away from Portland during a planned visit by President Richard Nixon.
yVY9e TIL that people who have ears that get raw, sore peeling skin when exposed to cold or some soaps/shampoos have "ear eczema", a common condition.
GYgX5 TIL that Richard Wagner, the 19th century opera composer, once faked a homosexual attraction to a gay German King in order to get money from him
vPlrR TIL of Loewe v. Lawlor, a 1908 Supreme Court case which outlawed secondary boycotts in the US. Union members were ordered to pay $234,000 ($5.8 M today) for organizing a boycott.