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TIL that Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was only created in 1939 and is a licensed character whose commercial rights are owned by The Rudolph Company

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Zgya TIL men in the Victorian era frequently wore corsets, just like women of the time.
j6Kna TIL that The first animals to orbit the moon were two Russian tortoises inside Zond 5 spacecraft, The tortoises not only survived the journey, but returned to the Earth alive . On 21 September 1968, six days after the launch, Zond 5 was retrieved from the Indian Ocean.
8awZb TIL: A woman in Australia played the set for life lottery, she chose the numbers to her aniversay and purchased two identical tickets one for her and one for her husband. The numbers come in, the first prize is $20,000 a month tax free for life... They got a combined $40,000om for each ticket win!
VBkkk TIL about a HUGE cannon, built in 1464 by the Ottoman military. It was still in combat use 343 Years later. It fired projectiles weighing over 2000lbs.
788JL TIL it was theorized through the 19th century that the Arctic Ocean got warmer as it got closer to the North Pole. The "Open Polar Sea" could provide trade routes through an equator-like temperate climate to Asia, Europe, and the Americas. It was disproven by dozens of failed expeditions.