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TIL that Muammar Gaddafi has a bisexual professional footballer son, who hired Diego Maradona as a consultant, played for teams in Italy’s first division, captained Libya, bribed referees, made sure stadium announcers in Libya only announced his name, did a lot of cocaine, and had an Interpol notice

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nnD7 TIL due to its pagan origin, the Christmas festival was banned in Massachusetts between 1659 and 1681 by the Puritans as an illegal observance.
mx94E TIL that Die Hard, much debated over whether or not it is a Christmas film, was first released to cinemas in the middle of July 1988. Its distributor, 20th Century Fox, had greenlit the screenplay in June 1987 because they needed a summer blockbuster for the following year.
gM1oD TIL of the Taylor Energy Oil Spill, the an oil spill that has been going on for 12+ years in the Gulf and will soon surpass the BP Spill in size
l7YB7 TIL: humans in northeast part of India have been "growing" bridges for centuries, by manipulating the living roots of certain trees
oBQv8 TIL in 2008, after learning that Britney Spears was going through a hard time, Eric Idle changed a lyric referencing Britney in the song “Diva’s Lament” from his musical Spamalot “because we don't laugh at sad people.”