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TIL There was a large swastika made of larch trees in Germany that went unnoticed for 55 years

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8e9jV TIL Kate Middleton’s hands were branded with a cypher of her name when she was a baby. Check your hands! If you see any tiny dots on the back of your hand or dashes across your knuckle, it could be a cypher using ASL for your name.
jNVGp TIL "Going troppo" is an Australian term for being driven mad by heat, as a result of spending too much time in the tropics. A study in Darwin found those who do not work in air-conditioning had higher levels of negativity, anxiety, aggression, and alcohol use, and lower levels of general health.
E1mKp TIL that One of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages " Kom El Shoqafa Catacombs " was accidentally discovered in 1900 when a donkey was suddenly swallowed by the earth below.
OGXy7 TIL midnight screenings of movies have become increasingly rare since the 2012 Aurora shooting at a midnight premiere of “The Dark Knight Rises.”
p8MR8 TIL that the grocery store chain ALDI has a system with there carts, that they are locked to each other. The only way to unlock one, is to insert a quarter.