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TIL "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" is the longest continuously running Christmas TV special in the United States, having aired yearly since 1964.

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lGPK TIL that Greek women were only allowed to practice medicine after a woman disguised as a man was so good at obstetrics/gynaecology that “he” was accused of gaining clients through seducing women. She proved herself innocent of this alleged crime by flashing the court.
mxnvY TIL 80's pop group Spandau Ballet got their name after seeing it written on a nightclub toilet. Spandau Ballet actually refers to prisoner hangings at Spandau Prison and their twitching and jumping at the end of the rope.
b40Q TIL that “the world’s oldest toilet” is a 240 million year old site where certain dinosaurs communally shat.
AD014 TIL that the 1st title of “Where the Wild Things Are” was “Where the Wild Horses Are” - until Sendak realized he could not draw a horse. So he drew the Wild Things, modeled after his relatives.
VMeBk TIL Thomas Jefferson sent a giant moose carcass to Paris to prove that America’s animals were bigger than Europe’s