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TIL Santa Clause is the “Patron Saint of Prostitutes”

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NlEE TIL Sweden actually buys garbage from other nations, they burn all of theirs to create electricity and need more.
N1AP TIL that in 1888, when sound recording was in its infancy, Arthur Sullivan toasted Edison with the words: “I am astonished at the wonderful power you have developed, and terrified at the thought that so much hideous and bad music may be put on record forever”.
OonyR TIL A report found that, for every $1 invested in the US National Park Service, the American public receives $4 in economic value.
E1amW Today I learned of the California case Lodi v. Lodi, where a man sued himself, represented himself, and won by default after he failed to show up. The court wrote that “it is hard to imagine a more even-handed application of justice,”.
4kg0o TIL US vehicle safety ratings (NCAP) don't factor in the survival of anyone else involved in the crash.