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TIL scaphism was a form of ancient punishment where the victim was tied and force-fed a rich diet of honey and milk, and then left in the sun. He developed diarrhea, while his accumulated excretions attracted flies and insects who then fed upon the victim’s exposed flesh.

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gro44 TIL Acorn Woodpeckers bore small holes into dead trees, which they store acorns inside of to eat during the winter. Sometimes generations of woodpeckers reuse the same tree to store their harvests, adding up to 50,000 holes!
LkKrp TIL that organs are not only older than pianos, but have existed as early as ancient Greece and required multiple people to play them.
KOKGw TIL Jerry Seinfeld was 38 when he started dating Shoshanna, then a 17 year old high schooler whom he met in a park
R70a6 TIL that on 21 October 1966, a coal mining spoil heap liquefied due to having been placed on top of a mountain spring, and collapsed onto the town of Aberfan, Wales, burying houses and the Pantglas primary school, resulting in the deaths of 116 children, 5 teachers, and 23 residents of the town
8aK0b TIL Helen Sharman, the first British astronaut came from Mars. The Mars company that is. She replied to a radio advertisement in 1989 to get the space fairing job.