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TIL: Early Christians did not celebrate Christmas as celebrating birthdays were thought to be a Pagan tradition, and many iconic Christmas items such as wreaths are taken from Pagan traditions.

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xV70k TIL : The "thousand-yard stare" is a phrase often used to describe the blank, unfocused gaze of soldiers who have become emotionally detached from the horrors around them. It is also sometimes used more generally to describe the look of dissociation among victims of other types of trauma.
4ke8w TIL the most densely populated megacity is Manila, Philippines with over 41,000 people per square km - nearly four times as dense as New York City.
LkRRd TIL that Ivy League schools + sister schools used to take nude photos of all incoming freshmen, supposedly to gauge the severity of scoliosis and etc. The two lead psychologists then tried to use the data to justify their theories on body type and social hierarchy.
PZYe TIL of Poon Lim, a chinese sailor who survived for 133 days alone in the South Atlantic, using methods such as capturing a shark and drinking the blood from it’s liver to survive.
YpXQx TIL that when the parents of a nine-year-old named "Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii" went to court in a custody battle, the judge was so mortified by their daughter's unusual name that he ordered them to rename her.