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kOVWW TIL St. Patrick was never officially canonized by the Catholic church
78bxr TIL that Christopher Plummer was a great-grandson of 3rd Canadian Prime Minister John Abbott
GAAON TIL: William H. H. Murray's 1869 book "Adventures in the Wilderness; or, Camp Life in the Adirondacks" was so popular that in a matter of months it caused a "Murray Rush"---where thousands of hunters, fishers, and campers from NY and Boston went to Adirondacks and spurred modern American camping.
yVbww TIL the name Jessica was invented by William Shakespeare for The Merchant of Venice.
yVWG8 TIL, Jumbo the elephant was not named such because of his size. Instead, Jumbo the word, meaning exceptionally large, was only introduced into the english language because of Jumbo the elephant. He was so big and so well known that his name became synonymous with size.