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TIL there is a “suicide forest” that has absolutely no animal life, where neither GPS nor a compass will work. 100’s of dead bodies are pulled out every year

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PYb7e TIL that when Michelangelo painted “The Last Judgement” on the Sistine Chapel, one of the Pope’s chamberlains, Biagio da Cesena, commented that the painted belonged in a brothel, not on sacred walls. Michelangelo painted him as Minos in hell, with donkey’s ears, and a snake biting his penis. NSFW
NXLeb TIL: The Philippines had a pre-colonial caste system with distinct social classes.
9Y4Kr TIL about Khaled al-Asaad, a Syrian archaeologist who helped evacuate a museum ISIS was approaching and was captured by ISIS; he was beheaded because he wouldn't tell his captors the location of hidden ancient artifacts. Today is the four-year anniversary of his death.
a8Yxo TIL Malabar giant squirrels can measure up to three feet or almost one metre from head to tail
1L8O TIL that a company called No More Woof is developing a device and software which monitors dogs’ brainwaves and translates mental states into English so that they can tell us how they’re feeling