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TIL "Jingle Bells" was one of the first songs to broadcast from space, in a Christmas-themed prank by Gemini 6 astronauts Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra.

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J0gV TIL a woman is facing up to 10 years of imprisonment for giving water to pigs on their way to the slaughterhouse
b6mWZ [TIL] That because Canada doesn't allow busineses to run for-profit games of pure chance, all contests including a "Mathematical Skill Testing Question" that must be answered correctly to win a prize.
JYdOQ TIL that since 2008, every single winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee has been from Indian origin.
pJdb TIL that Jadin Bell, a gay teen committed suicide in 2013. His father vowed to walk across the country sharing his sons story. He was hit and killed half way through his journey.
Ojg1 TIL: There is a “Buy Nothing Day” (BND), an international day of protest against consumerism. The first BND was organized in Canada in 1992 “as a day for society to examine the issue of over-consumption.”