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TIL the 12 days of Christmas actually start with Christmas Day instead of leading up to it

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QJgZd TIL because of the large number of MiGs it shot down, the F-4 Phantom II is nicknamed "The World's Leading Distributor of MiG Parts."
9w8oG TIL Elsa Einstein married her first cousin Albert who was also her second cousin
e0JWJ TIL actor Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap, Star Trek) had a clause in his contract requiring that he be home for dinner by six every night, for the sake of not being an absentee father or husband.
oB5Rr TIL that the Wright Brothers tested over 50 different types of airfoils on their plane.
wLbL7 TIL that the fourth-place through eighth-place finishers in an Olympic final event do not receive medals, but they do get paper “Olympic diplomas.”