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TIL The church would dismember and post its saints limbs around Great Britain

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vP8B4 TIL the first global attempt to boycott a modern Olympics was in 1936 when they were being hosted in far right Nazi-controlled Germany. Anti-fascist people in Barcelona were set to host an alternative called "Olimpíada Popular" but it was cancelled due to a far right power grab in Spain at that time
P1AQg TIL: On February 13 1997, about five million Legos were lost at sea when a rogue wave tipped a massive cargo ship dubbed the Tokio Express. Ironically, many of the kits were sea creature themed. The event, known as the Great Lego Spill, is the worst toy-related environmental disaster of all time.
8xaV TIL Cryos, the world’s largest sperm bank, has started turning down redheaded donors because there is too little demand for their sperm
dDKwB TIL Estrogen is linked to causing depression and anxiety in women but doctors and scientists are unsure how. The actual measured level of estrogen doesn't predict emotional disturbances.
WEdX TIL that the Nicholson Electroplating bomb from the LA Noire DLC pack is not only possible, it actually happened in 1947- at an electroplating plant inLos Angeles