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TIL the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean had a God of disorder and chaos called ‘Juracán’. This word is the origin of the English word 'hurricane’

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E1yVd TIL That at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862, many of the soldiers were found to have wounds glowing blue and were healing faster than others. They called it Angel Glow. 140 years later 2 teens discovered the cause, a bioluminescent bacterium called Photorhabadus luminesens which inhibits pathogens
rN5d0 TIL that the Pentagon and the CIA have exercised direct editorial control over more than 2,500 films and television shows
v7r TIL that when the ancient Dutch government wanted to diversify their crops no one would plant the potato because it tasted too plain. So the king made it a royal food and banned the common people from obtaining seeds, which made everyone go and plant potatos.
x7b7 TIL That Arnold Schwarzenegger has killed 509 people on screen throughout his entire career as an actor- and the “White Death”, Simo Häyhä, the sniper with the most confirmed kills in any major war, has killed only FOUR FEWER real people.
awnNL TIL that Alcoholics Anonymous does not have any organizational hierarchy and has been referred to as a ‘Benign Anarchy’.