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TIL Good King Wenceslas is technically a Boxing Day (26 Dec) carol, not a Christmas carol.

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kOg5 TIL Chinese Actress Zhang Ziyi (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) is being investigated for prostitution. ($2 Million a Night)
lopY1 TIL of Project Valkyrie: a theorized lightweight interstellar spacecraft that could attain 92% lightspeed. Components are tethered, with the crew 10 km away from the antimatter engine. A system would spray liquid droplets in front of the craft to shield against interstellar dust particles.
KvEJ TIL the band Kansas had one shot to impress a record producer in the small town of Ellinwood, Kansas. In order to look as good as possible the band promised free beer to all people who attended. The venue was packed and the producer signed them.
WkJoN TIL of the Peshtigo Fire a forest fire so hot it spawned fire tornadoes (fire whirls), and people that jumped in wells to escape the blaze were boiled alive.
8DwL TIL that a Johns Hopkins professor procured 34 gallons of whiskey during prohibition for his research. He observed that subjects got better at throwing darts as they got drunker.