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TIL Los Del Rio released a Christmas version of "The Macarena"

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QNVmM TIL Anne Askew was an English writer, poet, and Protestant preacher. Condemned as a heretic during Henry VIII’s reign, she was tortured and burned alive after refusing to give up the names of her fellow Protestants.
yyOX TIL A 2009 search for the Loch Ness Monster came up empty. Scientists did find over 100,000 golf balls.
jwMp TIL that Ringo Starr changed the lyrics of “With a Little Help From My Friends” because he feared audiences would throw tomatoes at him
awLWZ TIL a treatment in the Middle Ages for venomous snakebite was to pluck the feathers from a rooster's arse and place it on the site of the bite. Apparently its anus could suck up the venom. It was considered a good sign if the rooster died.
AD187 TIL that the country with the highest number of millionaires immigrating is Australia - in 2018, Australia had a net inflow of 12000 millionaires (the USA had a net inflow of 10000, Canada had 4000, and Switzerland had 3000)