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TIL that “God rest you merry” is an archaic way of expressing good wishes, so the Christmas carol is “God rest you merry, gentlemen” not “God rest you, merry gentlemen”

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kOENe TIL that in 1867, Van Zandt County, located in northeast Texas, decided to secede from the United States, as well as Texas. While celebrating their newfound independence, many citizens became intoxicated, and the U.S. Army easily regained control
78ZAr TIL Ferruccio Lamborghini, owner of a successful factory of tractors in Emilia Romagna, started producing his own supercars in the 60s because he was not satisfied of his Ferrari since the clutch was bad, and he had a struggle with Enzo Ferrari
Z89RD TIL that 66 countries have successfully declared independence from the United Kingdom/British Empire, leading to 52 days a year being an independence from UK day somewhere in the world.
4kr4R TIL The Apollo 15 crew were dehydrated and had severe potassium deficiencies as a result of lunar surface operations. To prevent this in future missions, Eugene Kranz spiked astronaut John Young’s orange juice with potassium
9wZAm TIL The Apology Project was created by Allan Bridge in 1980. He invited callers to apologize their wrongs against people without jeopardizing themselves. Callers confessed everything from infidelity, drug dealing to ritualistic murder