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TIL that Godwin’s law states that “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Hitler approaches 1”

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WkjmL TIL A woman complained about a long history of seeing people’s faces change into dragon-like faces. Brain scans were normal, but researchers suspected a neurological basis for the woman's complaint. She was put on a dose of anti-dementia drug, which help vanquish the dragons.
OGPr7 TIL that the graphic sex scenes in the controversial 'Pagan Poetry' music video were performed and filmed by Björk herself.
X0PXj TIL about George Catlin, a 19th century US lawyer who left his profession and traveled the West, living with over 50 indigenous tribes, learning about their cultures, and painting beautiful portraits of them.
PWQL TIL that there is a massive “undergound river”, or aquifer that runs about 4 kilometers below the Amazon river for 6000 kilometers, following roughly the Amazon river’s flow. It eventually empties in the Atlantic Ocean deep below the surface. It was only discovered in 2011.
wQ87 TIL the new Disney’s film “Moana” has been called “Oceania” in Italy presumably to avoid confusion with an Italian porn star of the same name, Moana Pozzi