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TIL of the Nipah virus, which has a 50-75% mortality rate and is typically contracted by drinking something contaminated with bat pee

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rMny TIL that Disney never sought legal action against Escape From Tomorrow (a movie shot illegally inside Disneyland featuring among other things Disney princesses as prostitutes) in order to avoid giving it extra publicity. The movie ended up only making $171,962 theatrically.
N78mN TIL that it's possible to weld wood by pressing two pieces together while one is vibrating at a high frequency
m1XAv TIL It is illegal to be drunk in a Pub in the UK.
8epmV TIL, that because Mars father is Jupiter and Jupiters father is Saturn, Johann Bode proposed that the 7th planet should be named after Jupiters father. Bode was unaware of the fact that Uranus was the greek and not roman god. There are now 6 planets named after roman gods and 1 named after a greek.
gmWD TIL the old Scottish word for “clitoris” is “tickleygiblet”