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TIL about Fremdscham, the opposite of schadenfreude. Fremdscham is the feeling of embarrassment from observing the embarrassing actions of another person.

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4XxlX TIL that it is not illegal to grow, possess and consume "magic mushrooms" (Psilocybe cubensis) here in Brazil (basically because we don't have a law against it) and there is even a web store selling them (alongside shitake, shiimeji and porcini mushrooms).
67EY TIL that bone marrow transplant recipients often inherit the donor’s immunities and allergies.
RWkw TIL: By age 23, 49% of black males, 44% of Hispanic males and 38% of white males have been arrested.
VoGm TIL that Dagwood Bumstead is a son of a billionaire railroad tycoon that got disinherited when he married Blondie.
GYPd4 TIL that famous stunt performer and daredevil Evel Knievel was about to die because he couldn't get a life-saving liver transplant. When he was literally going to die in his house he got a phonecall. There was a liver available from a young guy who just passed away... in a motorcycle accident.