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TIL Scotland banned Christmas for nearly 400 years. It didn’t become a public holiday until 1958.

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dD7Wj TIL of the Tahitian Dog, an extinct dog breed native to Tahiti that were specifically bred for human consumption. They were fed a completely vegetarian diet and were notably served by locals to early Western explorers to the area.
nPbd TIL: After Jesse James’ death in 1882, his mother bought many second hand guns, and would sell them claiming them to have belonged to Jesse, leading many people to believe they owned a gun that had belonged to the infamous outlaw
PYmWJ TIL the lead singer from the President's of the United States of America, Chris Ballew, is now a prolific children's song writer/performer known as "Caspar Babypants"
Bgg4e TIL about Pseudomonas syringae, a plant pathogen capable of nucleating ice on plants which is responsible for the formation of snow and hailstorms that can be used used to make artificial snow.
ea1L TIL that although “bitter” has over 40 different receptors on the human tongue, “sweet” only has one. Being able to detect a greater range of “bitter” is evolutionarily advantageous because bitter usually signifies potential toxin.