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kbKg TIL that the ‘mare’ in nightmare actually refers to an evil spirit in European folklore, which people would believe sat on their chests while they slept, causing unpleasant dreams.
KO7pE TIL the demigod Maui was crushed to death by the obsidian teeth in the goddess Hine-nui-te-pō's vagina
0dZVR TIL one out of twenty people will have PTSD at some point in their lives
plb8 TIL that the inventor of Vaseline was such a firm believer in its medicinal properties that he claimed to have eaten a spoonful of it a day; During a bout of pleurisy in his 50s, he ordered his nurse to cover him from head to toe in the substance, and soon recovered. He lived to be 94.
8QaX TIL; That Roald Dahl the author of kid’s stories wrote the screenplay for the Bond movie “You only live twice”