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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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j61Zj TIL that Kanepi, a small town in Estonia, has a cannabis leaf as its flag’s symbol. The town council let community members vote for the new flag, including the pot leaf symbol as an option. 12,000 of the 15,000 votes went to the pot leaf despite Kanepi being a town of fewer than 5,000.
8e9ZV TIL Walt Disney fired the creator of Goofy for trying to start a union.
jNXrM TIL Romans Used to Ward Off Sickness With Flying Penis Amulets
evN4 TIL of the graphite bomb, a non-lethal weapon that can be delivered via warhead causing failure in electrical power systems by spreading a cloud of fine carbon particles that encourage arcing and short-circuiting between power lines.
7rEmx TIL that Hyperion is the only moon in the solar system that isn't tidally locked to its orbital parent