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TIL Halloween came from an Irish pagan festival -- and people used to carve faces in turnips, not pumpkins

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kJaRm TIL that Hawaii is not covered by Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. This is because Article 6 stipulates that only the territories of member states located in North America, Europe, Turkey, and the Atlantic North are covered, while Hawaii is located in the Pacific.
9YnNr TIL that Cyrillic (the alphabet used to write Russian) wasn't created by Greek monks Cyrill and Methodius. They created the Glagolitic script. A disciple of theirs created Cyrillic with a few Glagolitic letters.
ep7MD TIL that owls and eagles hate each other.They will fight and kill each other and this had been going on since 36 million years.
neamW TIL that teen suffered third-degree burns after a brief encounter with a giant hogweed while gardening for his summer job. Giant hogweed is federally listed as a dangerous, noxious plant, and this is because contact with its sap can cause the skin to be extra sensitive to sunlight.
rNd0x TIL There are wild wallaby 'mobs' living in Hawaii, France, England, Scotland, on the Isle of Man, and off the coast of Ireland.