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TIL that public dancing is banned in Germany on Good Friday.

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1alO7 TIL A scientist embedded LEDs in a prop prosthetic arm to demonstrate an electric eel attack. Each flash in the video represents the firing of the nerves in a potential predator. In each of the volleys at 600 volts, there are 200 pulses per second, a very good rate for causing pain.
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jN5MX TIL Scatman John grew up with a severe stutter. This led him to jazz scat and, in turn, one of the most popular songs of the 90s.