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TIL Belgium Is Home to the World’s Only Sourdough Library

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a87Go TIL a castle built over 800 years ago was briefly occupied by medieval crusaders. A latrine containing 30 years worth of castle excrement revealed that the folks there were malnourished & infested with worms. The worms associated with eating unwashed vegetables fertilized with human feces
nEJd TIL an international group of seven people are keyholders for verifying the authenticity of DNS entries, essentially enabling them to ‘restart’ DNS / the internet in the event of a catastrophe.
8avxP TIL the "infinite monkey" theory was tested in 2003 at the Paignton Zoo (England). After a month, the six monkeys had only produce five pages (consisting mostly of the letter S), partially destroyed the computer, and used it as a lavatory.
w0d1 TIL When a male honey bee orgasms, it’s testicles explode and it dies shortly after.
j647p TIL cazu martzu is a cheese that has living maggots in it. If you don't chew enough the maggots can be your intestines. It is banned for obvious reasons but the demand for the maggot cheese is so large there is a black market that brings in 2-3 million euros annually