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TIL Winston Churchill’s epitaph states, “I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”

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E1NJd TIL that the ancient Greeks thought that Persephone spent her 1/3 of the year in the underworld between June and September, not the winter months. This is because crops in ancient Greece were planted in October, harvested in April, and threshed in May, unlike in more northern climates.
GGG5 TIL In 1905 Norway voted 99.95% in favour of independence from Sweden and only 184 opposed
Z8KQG TIL Walt Disney's younger sister Ruth lived to age 92. Ruth was very shy and private, giving less than a half dozen interviews over the decades. Walt would send an annual December birthday letter to Ruth, accompanied by a check along with a selection of Disney-related merchandise for her son
ANQ9a TIL Iceland has no McDonald's restaurants anywhere in the country. McDonald's left Iceland on 30 October 2009, as a result of the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis and high import tariff on imported ingredients which required the prices of their products to increase.
KY0XE TIL that when Cyclone Olivia struck Australia in 1996, an anemometer recorded a wind gust to 254 mph (408 km/hr). This is the fastest non-tornadic surface windspeed ever observed on Earth.