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TIL that the “X” as an abbreviation for Christ (as in “Xmas”) dates back at least 1,000 years and has nothing to do with secularists

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NXVre TIL that 7 Somali pirates attacked a Spanish warship that was guarding trade routes. The pirates claim that they thought it was a merchant ship instead.
8ee0b TIL when rock-formatted radio station WLUP-FM in Chicago were, at the time, being sold to a Christian broadcaster in March 2018, radio DJ Steve Dahl wanted WLUP to play "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC to be its final song before the reformat.
D1lDD TIL in 1912, Teddy Roosevelt survived an assassination attempt, went to his speech instead of the hospital, then continued on to roast the assassin in his speech.
k0B1 TIL that after the fall of Singapore in WWII the Japanese executed men with tattoos, on the basis that they were probably criminals
Lajp TIL That in Senior Centre in Düsseldorf they set up a Fake bus stop as a mean to keeps Alzheimer’s patients from wandering off. the idea was so successful that it has been adopted by several other homes across Germany