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TIL that the idea of witches riding broomsticks originates in the Middle Age practice of women using broomsticks to apply psychedelic ointments to their vaginas

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K0GB TIL - if you have a grandparent who was an Irish citizen, all you have to do is apply (w/ fee) to gain Irish citizenship for yourself
DwWp TIL that before he became emperor, it was predicted that Roman emperor Caligula had “no more chance of becoming emperor than of riding a horse across the Bay of Baiae” After becoming emperor he built a 2 mile long bridge across the bay and proceeded to ride his horse across it.
95j7 TIL The biggest solar storms in history was recorded in 1989. The storm was so massive that the Northern Lights could be seen in southern states like Florida
nYeP TIL that no sitting US president has visited the continent of Antarctica
xV7Vw TIL Lillian Asplund was the third to last living survivor of the Titanic disaster, and was the last survivor with firsthand memories of the event. With her death in 2006, the Titanic officially faded from living memory and solely into history.