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TIL All new FBI agents are required to visit the Holocaust Memorial Museum

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dDrbE TIL that it was announced on October 4, 2020 that S & H Green Stamps could no longer be redeemed.
e0we5 TIL that the IKEA name is an acronym that consists of the initials of the founder Ingvar Kamprad, Elmtaryd (the farm where he grew up), and Agunnaryd (his hometown)
Bg08k TIL that during the Thạnh Mỹ massacre, the Viet Cong deliberately targeted and killed 74 civilians before being fought off by US Marines and South Vietnamese soldiers.
kO51d TIL that Saint Valentine is not only the patron saint of love, but also of beekeeping. This puts a different perspective of the common Valentine's Day phrase "Bee Mine".
a87WA TIL of Vitalis of Gaza, a monk who paid prostitutes his daily wages to dissuade them from the profession. The women he served later carried him to his grave, processing him with candles and lanterns. The Catholic Church venerates him as the Patron Saint of Prostitutes and Day Laborers.