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TIL Kylie Minogue released a cover of "The Loco-Motion" in 1988

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Rpww TIL the pre-Meiji Japanese government differentiated believers and non-believers of Catholicism by making them step on pictures of the Virgin Mary and Christ. Those found guilty were often executed by being thrown into a volcano
ADxJw TIL anti urination devices were a form of hostile architecture installed in Norwich and the surrounding area in the late 19th century to discourage public urination. The slope of the structure meant the stream of urine would be deflected back onto their feet and legs
LQEnv TIL there’s a percentage of a percentage of the population that will fall asleep when things get too emotional, regardless of where they are or what they’re doing. It’s called Type 1 Narcolepsy.
Ra84 TIL a Columbine survivor and author who sued and won against big pharmaceuticals for their part in the massacre has been unlawfully locked up in a mental hospital and drugged with the same substances he spoke out against
PPOg TIL that in India there is a Guardian Angels-style vigilante group that protects young couples who fall in love across different castes.