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TIL that in Ireland and Germany, same-sex incest is legal but opposite-sex incest is illegal

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x68G5 TIL some old British medicinal plant names have the suffix ‘wort’ with the first part of the name indicating the type of problem, giving us names like Liverwort, Spleenwort, Throatwort, Pilewort and Bollockwort
dmO9 TIL that Woody from Toy Story has a Last name. It’s Pride. Woody Pride. It’s never mentioned in the movies.
0dpLR TIL that a Man found $7.5 Million in a Storage Unit he bought for just $500 from 'Storage Wars' star Dan Dotson
Bg0Er TIL thousands of "low head dams" (aka "killer dams" or "drowning machines") were built on US waterways in 1800s, are nearly invisible from upstream, have killed hundreds of people, often serve no modern purpose, and for all that, are largely unregulated
NlM8 TIL A man who survived the sinking of a ship in 1871 was finally able to overcome his fears and decided to sail again in 1911: he died in the sinking of the Titanic.