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TIL that St. Valentine the saint of romantics and lovers is also the patron saint of epilepsy.

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J1DM8 TIL in 1950 some Scottish students stole back the Stone of Scone, a Scottish relic seized by an English king centuries ago. Upon seeing it gone, authorities closed the Scottish border for the first time in 400 years, but once they caught the students, they decided not to prosecute, fearing backlash.
ANaEd TIL the Myers-Briggs has no scientific basis whatsoever.
X0oV6 TIL about Jackie Mitchell, a 17-year-old female pitcher for the Chattanooga Lookouts Class AA minor league baseball team. During an exhibition game against the New York Yankees in 1931, Mitchell struck out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in succession.
BgvNe TIL, White Horse Temple, the first Buddhist temple in China, was desecrated heavily during the Cultural Revolution. At the same time, when the King of Cambodia requested to visit the temple, the Chinese authorities quickly restored it including placing artefacts from other museums in the temple.
LQKyr TIL that U.S. Vice President William R. King took the oath of office in Cuba in 1853 because he was too ill to travel to Washington, making him the only U.S. president or vice president ever sworn in on foreign soil, and he died less than a month later before ever serving in Washington.