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TIL that, in addition to Father Christmas, Icelanders are visited by the 13 Yule Lads (including Sausage-Swiper, Spoon-Licker, & Door-Sniffer), as well as their giant pet cat Jólakötturinn, who eats children who don't receive new clothes for Christmas.

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bnBa TIL that around Christmas time in 1959, a man killed his wife with a hammer, beat his daughter, and then drank acid. The house has been uninhabited since although the Christmas tree still stands and wrapped presents still sit on a table.
OGJee Today I learned about The Lavon Affair. It blew my mind.
0d7py TIL about the Vipeholm experiments, a series of human experiments where patients of Vipeholm Hospital for the intellectually disabled in Lund, Sweden, were fed large amounts of sweets, including "extra sticky toffee" to provoke dental caries.
QJMOM TIL that although Tic Tacs are almost 100% sugar, FDA regulations allow them to be advertised as 0 grams of sugar per serving due to their size
WkVJA TIL Lawns take up nearly 2 percent of the surface of the continental United States, making turf grass—not corn—America’s largest irrigated crop.