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TIL that an opera inspired by the Breaking Bad episode, Ozymandias was made by New York composer Sun Jin Hong, and is a combination of Percy Shelly’s sonnet and the episode itself.

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nWEMG TIL that ancient people believed that there was a type of Amber (Lyngurium) made of petrified cat urine
VMwZm TIL of Phytophotodermatitis, a skin condition caused by exposure to sunlight after handling citrus fruits
awmGJ TIL that a top-level Dutch football club signed up an 18-month old for a ten year contract, after his father posted a video of the boy kicking a ball into his toy chest 3 times in a row. After scribbling his signature for the club, the toddler celebrated with a glass of orange juice
16ObP Today I learned that Pakistan and India want to kill each other. I follow world politics for a while now but just now I read an article (Wiki Page) about the nuclear arms race between India and Pakistan. It kinda blew my mind to be honest.
WbKN TIL the tongue map that shows parts of the tongue responsible for different aspects of taste is the result of a mistranslation from a German paper and is not true