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TIL it is beneficial to lick your wounds. A variety of compounds in human saliva actually do speed healing.

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YpYyB TIL Habushu - a liqueur made in Okinawa which involves submerging a living pit viper in a jar and sealing it; some variations involve putting the viper on ice to knock it out, gutting it & sewing it back up, and placing it in the alcohol only for it to wake up and get super aggressive before dying
LPer TIL when Charlie Chaplin was a teenager he went to a pub and asked for a glass of water, but got so spooked by the gentleman serving the drink that he fled. It was found several weeks later that the man was a serial killer who gave poisonous water to his new brides and watched them suffer to death.
epNAk TIL the during The Battle of the Bulge, German troops posing as American soldiers were caught because their identification cards were spelled correctly.
epOND TIL the 2024 Isle of Man TT motorcycle race was the first year since 1982 with zero fatalities. Since 1937, at least one rider has died each year the event has been held.
Bweb TIL Queen recorded an alternate version of We Will Rock You, known as the “fast version”, that featured guitar, bass, and drums through the whole song and used it to open most of their live shows