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TIL Santa Clause is the “Patron Saint of Prostitutes”

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dmpj TIL that lawns began in England as a symbol of status; it showed that the owner could afford to keep land that was not being used for a building, or for food production.
OoOxa TIL Van Gogh's The Starry Night actually includes the planet Venus in the night sky depiction
4X1Xw TIL of Project Pigeon, in which American behaviorist B.F. Skinner attempted to develop a pigeon-controlled guided bomb during World War II.
9YBaG TIL of a city in the U.S. called George, Washington. The name was chosen by Charlie Brown, a local pharmacist, to honour the first U.S. president.
y8GV TIL Hitler gave orders to destroy Paris on the eve of the allied liberation in 1944 but the Nazi General in command deliberately ignored the order