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TIL: The villains in the first Sherlock Holmes (1887) story were a group of Mormons

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mOaM TIL: Before Nazis used the salute commonly referred to as the “Hitler salute,” Americans did it while saying the Pledge of Allegiance
mxe6v TIL about Izecksohn's Brazilian Tree Frog, the only known frugivorous (fruit-eating) frog
oRypE TIL that if you suck your stomach in too often, it damages your body over time 😬
BrpNb TIL In 552AD two monks successfully smuggled silkworm eggs in their walking sticks from China to the Byzantine Empire, essentially ending the silk monopolies of China and Persia, and bringing silk manufacture to Europe.
e0a7L TIL that a town in Nevada repels a semi-annual cricket invasion by blasting Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones. They were inspired by a story from the 1930s where a woman drove off crickets by using a Chinese gong, then tried rock music with her neighbours