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TIL Anna Jarvis from West Virginia, USA organized the first Mother's Day in 1908 in honor of her mother , but subsequently opposed its commercialization

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NXVWb TIL that a riot broke out on St Scholastica Day, 10 February 1355, when two students from the University of Oxford complained about the quality of wine served to them in the Swindlestock Tavern. Around 30 townsfolk were killed, as were up to 63 members of the university.
j6okN TIL in contrast to the myth, America didn't cut support to South Vietnam as it still appropriated $700 million in 1975
69BLY TIL that only 11 states served Coors in 1975, and wasn’t available in all 50 until 1991
DQ7Vr TIL In June 2009, the government of Greenland, the Naalakkersuisut, made Greenlandic the sole official language of the autonomous territory, to strengthen it in the face of competition from the colonial language, Danish. The main variety is Kalaallisut, or West Greenlandic.
PxPn TIL, In 1242, all of Western Europe could have been destroyed had the Mongol horde’s leader, Ögedei Khan, not died of alcohol poisoning during a hunting trip; forcing the horde to return to Mongolia to choose a new Khan.