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TIL Jehovahs Witnesses approach businesses just as often as personal residences and see it as part of their mission.

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66p8 TIL that the personal bodyguards of the Byzantine Emperor were primarily Scandinavians and Anglo-Saxons. They comprised the “Varangian Guard” which was also an Elite Unit of the Byzantine Army. The loyalty and honor of these “axe-bearing barbarians” became a trope of Byzantine writers.
WPvL TIL the United States has a town entirely in Canada
WmV8 TIL that Andrew Jackson lost the presidency in 1824 despite winning both the popular and electoral vote.
pY0we TIL the feast day of St. Nicholas (Santa Claus) isn’t on December 25th, but on December 6th
9YvLp TIL that the British sent ships and men to the US at the start of WWII to protect us from German U-boats. One ship sank and all 37 men on-board died. Only 4 washed up on shore. A special "British Cemetery" was created and it is leased in perpetuity to England so the men are at rest on British soil