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TIL in 2010, a 16-year-old Canadian discovered that his two parents were actually not Canadian, but KGB spies living under fake names Donald and Tracey.

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ADPj4 TIL “White Christmas”, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, “Winter Wonderland”, “The Christmas Song” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” plus the melody for “O Holy Night” were all written or co-written by Jews.
kjK5 TIL a 46 year old ex-NFL player suffered a head injury that caused him to lose ALL previous memories, even knowledge of concepts such as children, love, spouses, birthdays, etc.
Y8QP TIL that the word “Scalp” is actually an acronym for the layers that form the scalp.
7r47P TIL a woman accidentally inhaled a condom during oral sex, which lodged into her lungs and caused it to collapse.
0wklL TIL that Grape-kun, a Humboldt penguin that lived in a zoo in Japan, grew so attached to a cardboard cutout of an anime girl that he lived with it as his 'waifu' till his death.