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TIL The “Soapmaker of Correggio” made soap out of her human victims by boiling them in caustic soda. 1938-41

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lopyK TIL that python 3 rounds 16.5 to 16 which is mathematical rounding. This feels quite counterintuitive when you have learned bankers rounding early in school. Bankers rounding is apperently biased towards the bigger number so mathematical rounding makes more sense for greater amounts of data.
nLed TIL Walt Disney hired 11 dwarfs for the premiere of Pinocchio to dress up like the puppet and greet children. Left with a day’s worth of food and wine, by mid-afternoon there were 11 naked dwarfs running around screaming obscenities at the crowd.
wM5Y TIL The Australian Thorny Devil can drink water by standing in a puddle, directing water up along its skin to the corners of its mouth.
VMk1B TIL all the "ancient" crystal skulls of Central America were actually created in Europe during the 19th century. The Brazilian quartz deposit the skulls are made of was unknown during ancient times and likely crafted in a 19th century German workshop renowned for crafting objects of Brazilian quartz
l76PK TIL - Dusty Springfield who sang "Son of a Preacher Man" and "I Only Want To Be With You" came out as bisexual and it destroyed her career