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TIL that prior to the 1820s, Christmas was a drunken revelry akin to Halloween. The poor would knock on the door of the rich and demand that they give them money or food.

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GAPn1 TIL about the Moon is Down by John Steinbeck (1942), the most popular piece of Allied propaganda in Nazi occupied Europe during WWII. Steinbeck was awarded the Freedom Cross by the King of Norway after the war for having “bolstered the morale of his entire war-ravaged nation”.
WkblY TIL in 2015, a British woman began receiving threatening emails from a stalker that included pictures of her in public she had no idea were being taken. When she contacted authorities, they told her the emails were coming from inside her house. It turned out to be her husband.
KmXQ TIL David Bowie had an affair with the mother of Guns N’ Roses guitarist, Slash.
BrnLx TIL that Captain Marvel was originally portrayed by a man, western actor Tom Tyler
PY6LL TIL British army members have a 50% lower mortality rate than the average population, primarily due to fitness requirements and high safety standards.