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TIL that hundreds of miniature coffins containing frogs have been found in archaeological sites across Finland, primarily under churches and ecclesiastical buildings, believed to be a form of “protective magic”

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WR8N TIL an office started working naked(literally) for one month to see its effects on creativity [nsfw]
L1d TIL the father of the modern Olympics won one gold medal. In literature. For writing a poem about sports.
oB567 today i learned that the blocks in tetris are called Tetrominos!
PMnO TIL that in Ojibwe (a Native American language), “Kansas” translates to “Little Hell-Hole”.
n8od TIL that prior to 1993 the FDA banned women from participating in clinical trials. This resulted in a dangerous lack of awareness about how certain drugs impacted women and has led to misunderstandings about how certain diseases affect men and women differently that persist today.