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TIL that in the Dani tribe of Papua, Indonesia, there's a unique tradition involving women. When a family member passes away, the women may cut off a segment of one of their fingers to express their grief and symbolize the pain of their loss. This ritual is intended to appease the spirits.

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46PX TIL Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna was known for being a brat, even described by some as evil. When she was young she put a rock inside a snowball and threw it at her sister. Later in her teens she stuck her tongue out at the man who would order her assassination.
kG5 TIL that the Looney Toons Golden Collection DVD’s have a disclaimer explaining racial stereotypes in some cartoon shorts, airing them unedited “because to do otherwise would be the same as to claim these prejudices never existed”.
DQDdP TIL the Hooded Pitohui is one of the few known poisonous birds in the world. Native to New Guinea, this bird's feathers and skin contain a neurotoxin called homobatrachotoxin the same kind of toxins found in certain poison dart frogs.
P1LmG TIL: Elfriede Lina Huth Rinkel had been a concentration camp Nazi guard and then married a Jewish man after the war. She never told her husband before he died.
kg6B TIL a programmer at a game company got so tired of producers asking for changes just because they felt they had to contribute, that he animated a flapping duck into the game “Battle Chess”. When the producer reviewed the animations, he said, “That looks great. Just one thing: get rid of the duck.”