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TIL Charles Schulz was not a fan of Santa Claus, that's why the original Christmas special is about the Nativity and the Halloween special is about a Santa like figure not showing up.

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BrDNL TIL it is thought that Da Vinci suffered from ADHD, because he left so many works unfinished, including the Mona Lisa. He also spent excessive time planning, got very little sleep, & often worked continuously, night & day
aG69 TIL that trickle-down economics used to be known as the “horse and sparrow” theory based on the idea that if you feed the horse enough oats, some will pass through his bowels undigested for the sparrows to eat.
6avw TIL Steven Spielberg took no profits from making Schindler’s List, and used all of the them to create the Shoah Foundation. He even referred to the profits as “blood money.”
pQpe TIL that Far Cry 4 had a hidden ending; at the beginning the main villain leaves, asking the player to stay. If they leave, it sets the events of the game in motion. If they stay for 15 minutes, the villains returns and they go off as friends to shoot some guns, cutting straight to the ending.
xVdb TIL: The US has a higher poverty rate than Vietnam