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TIL of La Mancha Negra, a mysterious black goo that oozes up from beneath Venezuelan roadways, killing drivers. Despite, much study, we have no idea what the goo is.

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eZXg TIL The feeling for “cuteness” and “aggression” are in the same part of the brain, giving us that “so cute I want to punch something” feeling.
GYDg5 TIL: In Cuba, it's legally required for all vehicles to stop and pick up any hitchhikers they encounter on the side of the road.
dMmr TIL that after the Napoleonic Wars, a tobacco merchant named Joseph Williamson paid people in Edge hill, Liverpool to dig miles-long tunnels underground. The tunnels served no purpose, and he did so only to provide employment.
yQ1Pe TIL that the majority of silent era films are irrevocably lost and that at least half of all sound films from 1927 to 1950 are lost