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TIL the patron saint of businesspeople is St. Homobonus.

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ne4db TIL a woman was sentenced to 40 days in prison and deported from Denmark for begging.
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b9wN9 TIL that the town of Winneconne, Wisconsin, after being left off of of the official state road map, attempted to secede from Wisconsin. They wished to either declare independence and annex neighboring towns, or alternatively be integrated into another state, 'preferably one with better weather'.
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p8bXN Today I learned that the heads on easter island actually also have torsos. In most pictures taken of these famous heads, it shows only the heads but hidden under the ground are its torso. Scientists have 'found interesting discoveries that further our knowledge of the Easter Island civilization'.