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TIL Enthusiasm was originally used to refer to someone possessed by God and Socrates taught that the inspiration of poets was a form of enthusiasm

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8exxP TIL that in Maoiri folklore, in an attempt to give humans immortality, Maui died after turning into a worm and getting bitten in half by the teeth of a goddess' vagina
GYgEN TIL that the United States invaded Canada in 1812. Former President Thomas Jefferson predicted that the "acquisition of Canada (..) will be a mere matter of marching", however, it went terribly, after a few months the entire Michigan territory had fallen.
QJP7L TIL That President Garfield was assassinated by a man who was turned down multiple times for a position in the Presidents administration
8nnX TIL England helds an annual World’s Biggest Liar competition,where competitors from around the world have five minutes to tell the biggest and most convincing lie they can.
e5dg TIL During the Winter War Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov said the soviet planes over Finland were not bombers but humanitarian food drops. The Finns responded by naming their improvised explosives Molotov Cocktails, “A drink to go with the food.”