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TIL that in Japanese folklore, household items like old umbrellas and teacups can become alive after 100 years and watch you with tiny spirit-eyes

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LkDbQ TIL prop masters make and test fake drugs before they’re used in movies like The Wolf of Wall Street. Cornstarch or Vitamin B powder for cocaine, oregano or hobby store moss for marijuana, freeze-dried regular mushrooms for magic mushrooms.
OogZe TIL Lake Superior is larger than Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, New Jersey, and New Hampshire combined.
epQEJ TIL the combination of Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival has become a world-leading celebration of arts and culture, surpassed only by the Olympics and the World Cup in terms of global ticketed events
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