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TIL of 'fan death': the belief in Korea that running a fan in a room with no open windows will always prove fatal. Timers are built into Korean fans so they don't stay turned on over night.

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9YMar TIL that two chimpanzee communities in Gombe Stream National Park fought a war between 1974-1978, in the first recorded war between non-humans.
0wjwv TIL about the Nowe Ateny, the first Polish encyclopedia (written in 1745-1746). It included definitions such as “Horse: Everyone knows what a horse is,” “Goats are a stinking kind of animal,” and “Dragon is hard to overcome, yet one shall try.” The humor was likely unintentional.
16xnO TIL that the popular Nazi symbol is the Hooked Cross, a christian symbol. And not the Swastika, the eastern symbol. One of the places from Hitler's childhood includes a Benedictine Monastery in Austria which had used the Crooked Cross symbol from at least 1869
KOepR TIL that in 1969, a civil war in Nigeria held a ceasefire for a couple of days to watch a match of Pelé’s Santos. The governor decreted a holiday and opened the city’s bridge without any restrictions so everyone could watch the game.
PYOen TIL that honey does not spoil. You could still eat honey that is thousands of years old.