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TIL Santa Clause is the “Patron Saint of Prostitutes”

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n0jY TIL that in 1984, the New Zealand Prime Minister got drunk and decided to spontaneously call a general election, which he lost.
9w6bQ TIL: Roland the Farter was a professional flatulist who worked in the court of King Henry II, beloved for his timely farts, he was given a manor and 30 acres by the king. His only recorded performance was in a 13th century Book of Fees, which describes it as "one jump, one whistle, and one fart".
P6mJ TIL Alan Tudyk has had a role in every Disney animated film since “Wreck-It Ralph, including the Duke of Weselton in "Frozen”, and a character named Duke Weaselton in “Zootopia”
oBx1K TIL that Blackbeard, despite being famous as a successful and bloodthirsty pirate, actually got far less money than other pirates of the time, and there is no evidence to suggest that he murdered or harmed his captives, or even forced them to stay with his crew.
WRdX TIL that the Viking 1 lander explored Mars for six years until human error during a software update caused its antenna to go down, terminating communication.