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TIL Sigmund Freud's books were burned by the Nazis he said, "What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now, they are content with burning my books."

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e0XJ6 TIL the date on which Easter falls is based on the moon. It's always on the Sunday after the first full moon of the spring equinox. If the first full moon happens to be on a Sunday, then Easter is celebrated on the following Sunday.
nenxP TIL Aldous Huxley the author of dystopian novel Brave New World, wrote a final book, Island, on the success of a utopian society that use Buddhism, contraception and psychedelic drugs
woA4W TIL Marcus Luttrell, the inspiration for the movie Lone Survivor, was a real life John Wick. Men shot and killed his service dog, Dasy, and he pursued them going over 100 mph while on the phone with police, refusing to stop, armed with two guns.
9vMm TIL In Finland they have a unit of measurement called the ‘poronkusema’ or reindeer piss. The distance a reindeer can walk before needing to urinate. It is about 6 miles.
DJlY TIL that there has been a case of a permanent phantom erection after amputation of penis.