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TIL that the long pointy tip on cliché old style night caps is for keeping you warm in winter nights, by wrapping it around your neck.

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V0VG TIL that a 3rd century BC Emperor’s son named Modu Chanyu tested his guards’ loyalty by ordering them to kill his favorite horse and then his favorite wife. Those who refused he executed, and those who didn’t he later ordered to shoot his father. None failed to do so, and he became Emperor.
oGDo TIL it is illegal to burn the flag of any country in Denmark, with the exception of the Danish flag itself.
PwxL TIL James Henry Hammond defender of slavery, former Governor, Congressman and Senator of South Carolina. Abused four of his nieces, took a slave as a mistress and later replaced her with their daughter, also a slave and had children with her.
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NXQrJ TIL that when Pope John Paul II was about to visit Britain in 1982, the Falklands War between Argentina and the UK began. To avoid the impression that the Catholic Church favored one side over the other, the Vatican quickly scheduled a papal visit to Argentina before the already scheduled UK trip.