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TIL burning man is destroying the only suitable land speed record track in the US and is causing significant environmental damage to the fragile desert

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Rr1w TIL that Iceland has one of the largest gun ownership rates in the world, and yet has one of the lowest crime rates in the world
QJGZp TIL Aeschylus, a Greek playwright, died in 455 BC after an eagle dropped a tortoise on his head, mistaking his head for a rock (some eagles kill tortoises this way, breaking them open). Aeschylus was spending most of his time outside to avoid a prophecy that he would die from a falling object.
r9M0 TIL that one of the scholars who translated the Dead Sea Scrolls was convinced that Christianity was based on an ancient psychedelic mushroom and fertility cult.
6Exw7 TIL that there exists a form of parasomnia called "sexsomnia", where the person engages in sexual activity during sleep, and is therefore not aware of it.
nR7P TIL Grizzly bears were so feared and respected by Native Americans that hunting them required a company of 4 to 10 warriors and was done with the same preparation and ceremoniality as intertribal warfare.