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TIL “Jingle Bells” was originally written to be a Thanksgiving song.

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4GQa TIL 30,000 people were killed during the 1902 Mount Pelee eruption, because the Governor refused to evacuate until after election day. The right wing government was worried about a possible socialist victory, and refused to let anyone leave until after the election on May 11th. It erupted on May 8th
Vrp4 TIL that starting in 1988, the Harvard Medical School partnered with film and TV studios to insert the concept of the “Designated Driver” into popular consciousness. The project was a huge success.
R7Ao9 TIL That James Best, best known as playing Rosco P Coltrane on Dukes of Hazzard was a cousin of the Everly Brothers who recorded several #1 hits of the 50s & 60s including (among others) Wake Up Little Susie, All I Have To Do Is Dream & Bye Bye Love.
4kbaJ TIL a nurse discovered she could accurately smell Parkinson's on people before they were diagnosed.
kkKB TIL: According to the study of Epigenetics, what your grandparents ate for lunch decades before you were even conceived may have altered the genetic material that makes you who you are today.