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TIL why intelligent people procrastinate -

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eApk TIL that in Paraguayan culture, an unwanted pregnancy can be passed off as the child of Kurupi, a creature whose penis is so long it wraps around his waist several times and can impregnate women through opened windows
4kPGX TIL that bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.
EgEL0 TIL: In 1666, the plague-infested village of Eyam quarantined itself inside a marked circle for 14 months. Neighboring communities left food at the edge of the circle in exchange for disinfected coins. 80% of the people died, but no one crossed the circle.
69LkY TIL that Alexander Hamilton who is on the $10 bill is not a native born American but was born in the British Leeward Island (now St. Kitts & Nevis)
5YlyD TIL that Mirrors didn’t exist until circa 500 BC so the only way people knew what they looked like was by looking at their reflection in still water. Thus, water was a symbol of the self and a symbol of death.