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TIL the inverted cross only became associated with Satan in the 19th Century when a French cult leader was accused of holding erotic Black Masses. He believed the inverted crucifix symbolised the ‘Reign of Love’ as opposed to the 'Reign of Suffering’ of the traditional cross

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99gM TIL During World War II, an RAF gunner Nicholas Alkemade fell through 18,000 feet without a parachute and survived without injuries. He was captured by the Germans, who issued him a commemorative certificate for his miraculous survival after verifying the details of his ‘story’.
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NKoM TIL that in the 17th century the Finnish people used a measure called Poronkusema: the distance a reindeer can walk before needing to urinate.
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