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TIL the NHL is Canada's National Hockey League. The first US team didn't join until several years after it was established.

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N7onP TIL that a Franciscan friar once argued that Paul the Apostle had only condemned sodomy in his epistles because Paul enjoyed sodomy and wanted to keep the practice to himself. The friar was executed for his views in 1550.
wn86 TIL there is a rare disorder where a woman bleeds through her eyes during menstrual periods.
7Kkr TIL that the day after 9-11, the Queen broke a 200 year old tradition and ordered the US National Anthem to be played during the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace.
8e8Z8 TIL that the word "fascinate" derives from the ancient Roman practice of using a representation of the divine penis (a fascinare) to perform magic.
rRENM TIL about UY Scuti. It is the largest star we have ever discovered, and is thought to be the largest star in our galaxy. If it were to replace our Sun, its surface would reach the orbit of Saturn.