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TIL: During World War 1, Canadian Soldiers Cunningly Exploited Germans' Trust by Offering Tins of Corned Beef, Only to Later Toss Grenades into Their Trenches

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Ooax1 TIL that there is a church in the Czech Republic decorated with 40,000-70,000 human skeletons called Sedlec Ossuary.
6M57 TIL Buzz Aldrin’s mom’s maiden name was Moon
jN8Ra TIL The Shepherd's Purse plant is considered a protocarnivore. The seeds of the plant attract and kill worms, which then decay and enrich the surrounding soil.
BgZ0x TIL the Ancient Olympics were held at least 293 times (1,169 years) consecutively — from 776 BC to 393 AD — nearly 10 times longer than the Modern Olympics have been running (since 1896).
gMr9 TIL that the theory that testifying originates from putting one’s hand on their/another’s genitals is false, and is simply a confusion of the Latin words testis and testiculus.