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TIL of a ritual where Boys must subject themselves to wearing bullet ant-filled gloves 20 times

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Wd5o TIL 70 percent of all potatoes grown in Michigan, become potato chips, making them the No. 1 state for chipping production.
eLLb TIL the song “Red Red Wine” was written by Neil Diamond in ‘67. The band UB40 covered it in '83 in a light reggae style and it reached #1 on the Billboard 100. Diamond has stated that it is one of his favorite covers and he often performs the song in the UB40 style instead of the original version.
J17RV TIL about "Pimpernel" Smith, a 1941 movie about an adventuring archaeologist who freed concentration camp prisoners. The story inspired real-life rescue operations.
grdoW TIL that at the Council of Nicea in 325, a priest called Arius proposed a heretical belief so strong he got punched by St. Nicholas, aka Santa Claus. Several years later, Arius died from rectal prolapse and according to legend, defecating out parts of his organs.
bVrj TIL 450 years ago King Charles V of Spain commissioned a mechanical monk, an automaton, to be made as thanks to God for saving his son. This is one of the first robots made by humans. It still works to this day