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TIL that today is National Eggnog Day. Happy Eggnog Day All

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6EK18 TIL the soldiers convicted for firing into a crowd of protestors at the Boston Massacre were branded with M’s on their thumbs.
R5Lyl TIL that when Telly Savales was a child, he won a spelling bee at Cobbett Junior High School in 1934, but did not get the winner's award until 1991, due to an oversight
ADw6B TIL that in 2013, a truck hauling Cobalt-60, a radioactive isotope of cobalt often used in cancer treatment, was hijacked by thieves who were unaware of the truck's contents. The truck was found abandoned 2 days later in a cornfield near Mexico City, with the cobalt outside of its protective casing.
JYgPk TIL tigers can seek revenge when they have been wronged and are very vengeful
bOaE TIL That if you see a cockroach in your home, in broad daylight, that means that you have a major infestation. This is most likely true because cockroaches hate the light, and if one ventures out during the day it’s because there are so many it was forced into the light.