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TIL Saint Barbara is the patron saint of Field Artillery. She is the Canonized saint of Cannons.

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6E9GJ TIL Puerto Rico is only 100 miles across
MelZ7 TIL of "Spocking Fives," where Canadians would alter five-dollar notes to make Prime Minister Laurier's features resemble Spock from Star Trek. "Spocking Fives" was so prevalent that later releases of the five-dollar note had a different image of Laurier with less resemblance to the famous Vulcan.
BrepL TIL Earlier cuts of the Super Mario Brothers Movie were way better
pYoPp TIL about the Khamar-Daban incident, when all but one of seven hikers trying to climb the Khamar-Daban mountains died with mysterious and unexplained symptoms.
B9ve TIL that black travellers in the 1950s had their own guidebook to the US telling them where it was safe to stop, shop, eat and even stay the night.