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TIL that Scotland has the highest rate of cocaine use in the world

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GY5KQ TIL that Mongols used Wicker shields which means the cuisine legend of “mongols grilling meat on their shields” has been debunked by this SCA article.
NXgYe TIL that the Secret Language of Fans was more a marketing ploy to sell fans, then an actual language of signals that women used and men understood.
rDYw TIL Dr. Donald Unger cracked his knuckles every day for 60 years to see if it would cause arthritis. He would crack his knuckles on one hand every day and leave the other one as a control. After 60 years, there was no discernible difference between them and Unger won the Ig Nobel Prize for Medicine.
LQpad TIL when Mike Meaney began his record attempt at being buried alive he neglected to tell his wife about his plan. She found out from listening to the radio. He staged workouts in a pub while in an oversized coffin, ate a diet of steak and cigarettes, and then spent 61 days buried alive
eBB5 TIL that only 24% of Arab Americans are Muslim.