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TIL Bacon accelerates hangover recovery

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N7eyQ TIL that in the Middle Ages, a rose hung from the ceiling of a room meant anything said in this room becomes a secret.
OG9A6 TIL mercury is released into the air by human activity, and can travel thousands of miles and settle into the ocean where microorganisms convert it into methylmercury, a highly toxic form that builds up in fish & shellfish.
0d9lv TIL that Chiasmus is used to create a persuasive or emotional effect on an audience and is found repeatedly in the Bible
VBlO4 TIL that the first face seen on a television screen was that of "Stooky Bill"—a chalk-white ventriloquist's dummy used by Scottish inventor John Logie Baird for his experiments to transmit a televised image. A dummy was used because the lights of this first TV studio were too hot for humans to bear.
Z8J1G TIL that the mugger crocodile has been observed balancing sticks on its head to lure in birds searching for sticks for their nests. This is the first known example of tool use in a reptile.