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TIL that the Mexican language Ayapeneco is dying out. It is only spoken fluently by two people, but they refuse to talk to each other.

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QNXjX TIL Instead of Xmas trees, Catalonia uses a CagaTio (translated: Sh*t Log) that you feed and beat until it poops out presents. And even more there are statues of pooing men (Caganers) you place as decorations into the nativity
XEv1E TIL that the word Luddite comes from the radical 19th century workers who destroyed textile machinery as a form of protest. Over time, the term has come to mean one opposed to industrialisation, automation, computerisation, or new technologies in general.
AWJo TIL Hercules once tricked Atlas into holding the sky using the old “hold this while I tie my shoes” routine
d8LJK TIL that Catherine Zeta-Jones makes Michael Douglas (and every other man she plays golf with) drop his trousers when he misses a shot. Because paparazzi photographers are always around, she makes the men she bets against go into the bushes. A deal is a deal, she said.
jNOaM TIL Triscuits are salted on one side only