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STICKY You ever heard of Matar judíos? [720x2845 - 835KB]

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TIL in 1518, People “danced themselves to death” for no obvious reason in Strasbourg, France. One woman started it, and others joined her. Within a month, there were 400 people involved. Many died from pure exhaustion.

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TIL during the 1790s, a two-foot-tall, replica blade-and-timbers was a popular toy in France. Kids used the fully operational guillotines to decapitate dolls or even small rodents, and some towns eventually banned them out of fear that they were a vicious influence.

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TIL in Switzerland, it’s illegal to own just one guinea pig because they’re prone to loneliness

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TIL the last letter added to the English alphabet was the letter J.

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TIL in terms of mixed drinks, shrub is the name of two different, but related, acidulated beverages. The word "shrub" can also refer to a cocktail or soft drink that was popular during America's colonial era, made by mixing a vinegared syrup with spirits, water, or carbonated water.

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Old time remedy still works. Repel ticks, chiggers with the sulphur sock

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TIL otters are known to hold hands in groups - called a raft - while they eat, sleep and rest, to prevent families losing each other.

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TIL it takes 50 glasses of water to grow enough oranges to make one glass of orange juice.

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TIL the "dude" in Aerosmith's 1987 hit "Dude Looks Like a Lady" was Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe.

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TIL the blob of toothpaste shaped like a wave, often depicted on toothpaste packaging is called a nurdle.

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TIL the hundred folds in a chef's toque (that tall, pleated hat) represent the hundred ways to cook an egg.

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TIL there are "body farms" where researchers leave human bodies donated to the facility out in the open to decay under various conditions so that the results can be observed and tracked.

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TIL a study found that more than 60% of toothbrushes collected from students' shared bathrooms tested positive for fecal matter, with an 80% chance that the fecal contamination identified on the toothbrushes came from other people using the bathroom.

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TIL the Argonaut octopus has a long, detachable penis in order to mate with females that are five times bigger than itself. When a female swims by, the male Argonaut sends his penis off to swim to the female and mate with her.

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TIL the ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians would mold crocodile dung into a block which was inserted into the vagina, acting as a birth control pessary. Crocodile feces wasn’t the only excrement used as contraception. Ancient people in the Middle East used elephant poo in the same way.

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TIL castoreum is a yellowish exudate from the castor sacs of the mature North American beaver (Castor canadensis) and the European beaver (Castor fiber). It is used as a tincture in some perfumes and as a food additive.

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TIL the US FDA has a handbook of "levels of natural or unavoidable defects in foods that present no health hazards for humans" that allows, for instance, an average of 30 or more insect fragments per 100 grams and an average of 1 or more rodent hairs per 100 grams in peanut butter.

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TIL pansexuality, or omnisexuality, is the sexual, romantic or emotional attraction towards people regardless of their sex or gender identity. It's not a person who fucks frying pans.

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TIL ancient Romans used urine to brush their teeth, as a mouthwash to whiten their teeth and they even used it as a laundry detergent to wash their clothes off until 1700’s.

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TIL The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults was a two-hour live American television special that was broadcast in syndication on April 21, 1986. When the vault was finally opened, the only things found inside were dirt and several empty bottles.

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TIL That Time Marines Dumped Millions of Dollars of Helicopters Into the Ocean to Save One Family

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TIL Glenfiddich is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky owned and produced by William Grant & Sons in Dufftown, Scotland. Glenfiddich means "valley of the deer" in Scottish Gaelic, which is why the Glenfiddich logo is a stag.

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TIL you can tear gas British passengers on the London Underground and completely get away with it. :)

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TIL Adolf Hitler was nominated once in 1939. As unlikely as it may seem today, Adolf Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939 by a member of the Swedish parliament, E.G.C. Brandt.

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