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TIL 16% of cell phones are contaminated with E. coli bacteria from fecal matter.

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rWrM TIL A Koi fish named Hanako lived for 226 years!
rR9E1 TIL Many Roman-British temples are dedicated to a mysterious local god called Deo Veteri, translated as "The Old God". His temples were often featureless brick squares that formed roofless isolation chambers. Believers would enter, face east, and meditate. (second source in comments)
grPAb TIL for infants, not being breastfed is associated with an increased incidence of infectious morbidity, gastroenteritis, and pneumonia, as well as elevated risks of childhood obesity, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, leukemia, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
0w1py TIL Nakam was a group of about fifty Holocaust survivors who, in 1945, sought to kill Germans and Nazis in revenge for the murder of 6 million Jews during the Holocaust. Led by Abba Kovner, the group sought to kill 6 million Germans in a form of indiscriminate revenge, "a nation for a nation".
rBpx TIL that May 20, 2010 was declared “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” as a response to jihadist threats against cartoonists