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TIL: Santa Claus originally wore a green suit.

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kvgg TIL George Washington had a fear of being buried alive. Even in his last words, he ordered his staff to wait two days after his death to bury his body.
OGJX1 TIL of Lei Tai. An Ancient Chinese form of Gladiatorial Combat/Entertainment where a local champion fighter builds a stage in the town square and invites anyone to knock him off the stage using any unarmed martial art. The winner then gets to "own" the stage, and issues a similar challenge as well.
9n6B TIL: Traditional circus clowns are derived from Irish Stereotypes. Bushy red hair, white skin, gin-blossom nose, Drunken behavior, patched clothing.
KOJo4 TIL in 1994 Alan Jackson protested having to play a pre-recorded version of gone country at the ACM awards by having his drummer "play" without using drumsticks.
rNoDM TIL about Holme's Bonfire, in which an English fleet of 8 ships set fire and destroyed 140 Dutch merchant ships and the town of West-Terschelling during the seoncd Anglo-Dutch War.