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TIL Christmas was banned in Boston from 1659 to 1681

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M7YDm TIL certain exclusive night clubs implement a 'face control' policy. If you don't meet their beauty standards, you get rejected with "tonight there is a private party."
R6y1 TIL of the Octobass, an enormous bowed string instrument that plays notes so low you can see the strings vibrating
mxMvv TIL That the founder of Adidas and the founder of Puma were brothers. They split up to form their own companies in 1948. They had a bitter rivalry that lasted until they died. Even today, both companies have their headquarters Herzogenaurach, Germany, the small town where both brothers grew up.
4ObN TIL that a man with debilitating allergies and asthma flew to Cameroon, walked around in feces to deliberately infect himself with hookworms. The hookworms cured him of his symptoms