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TIL Christmas was banned in Boston from 1659 to 1681

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y0la TIL that the Illiad and the Odyssey are just two parts out of an eight-part epic, but the other six parts have been almost entirely lost to history
xWmo TIL: Although, all “pictures” of Jesus show him with long hair, Artwork from the first century shows that male Jews of the time never wore their hair long
MlB TIL That tonic water will glow under a black light due to the presence of quinine in it.
xgd1 TIL Thousands of Aussies have gotten behind a petition to change the Australian currency to “dollarydoos.”
XEEaE TIL C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien had a writing club called the Inklings. They'd read works, and occasionally held a contest in which they'd try to go the longest reading Amanda McKittrick Ros's novels aloud without laughing.