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TIL about bog bodies. A bog body is a human cadaver that has been naturally preserved in a bog wetland. This is due to the acidic, low temperature, and low oxygen environment. They often retain their skin and internal organs. They are basically a pickled human.

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KYMLw TIL Anvil firing is the practice of exploding an anvil into the air. Anvils are typically fired as a celebration, be it to honor St. Clement's (the Patron Saint of blacksmiths) or in a 21 anvil salut as found in New Westminster, British Columbia.
4XvwX TIL that when the Supreme Court of India opened six of the seven secret vaults of Padmanabhaswamy Temple, they discovered $22 billion in treasure including, golden idols, golden elephants and idols wearing 18 foot diamond necklaces, as well as countless bags of gold coins from around the world.
grEA7 TIL that L. Ron Hubbard, creator of Scientology, made anti-Psychiatry one of its main tenets after a psychiatrist told Hubbard's wife that he had Paranoid Schizophrenia
awWKZ TIL in 2012 three anti-nuclear activists, including an 82-year-old nun, managed to break into an US government nuclear complex, paint anti-war slogans on the enriched uranium storage building, and spend several hours in the complex before being stopped by a lone guard.
log91 TIL - Gov. Rafael Lacava, leads Venezuela’s Carabobo state, goes by the nickname “Dracula” and conducts late-night patrols in his homemade Batmobile to discourage black market activity.