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TIL Halloween begins at sunset, as in the old Gaelic calender, the day began at Sunset. Day follows Night!

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Bg6mr TIL that a sonic boom doesnt occur only after an object breaks the sound barrier, but is produced continously as the object travels at supersonic speeds
JYPQm TIL the earliest born human to be photographed is Conrad Heyer, a revolutionary war veteran who crossed the delaware with George Washington and was born in 1749.
8aewX TIL Homer's The Illiad and The Odyssey has no mentions of the colour Blue because the word for it didn't exist at that time
VMRgD TIL There is nothing written by pirates themselves, with the exception of educated people who 'went pirate' and probably didn't exhibit pirate speech patterns.
wLnOW TIL of Paige Hunter, a UK young woman who has prevented at least 6 suicides by tying over 40 handwritten notes of hope to a bridge infamous for suicides.