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TIL that ‘JREF’ has a standing $1mil (US) reward for anyone who can prove supernatural or paranormal powers under mutually agreed upon testing conditions. Since 1964, it has gone unclaimed and every applicant has either failed or not agreed to the testing conditions.

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opbr TIL that the Chinese word for sodium(钠) is pronounced “Na”
b9yP9 TIL that until 2009 it was against the law to yell, hoot, whistle or sing in the town of Petrolia, Ontario, Canada.
LkexQ TIL Sokushinbutsu is the practice of Buddhist monks self-mummifying while still alive. They'd spend years preparing by relying on a diet of pine needles, resins & seeds, which eliminates bodyfat. After starving, the monks would stop drinking, which dehydrated & shrank their organs, leading to death.
5Vek9 TIL Despite the poetic and historical romance which surrounds sending messages in bottles, most sink to the ocean floor within 8-10 months if they haven't already landed ashore due to marine organisms which grow on the bottles, causing them to sink.
5YN1D TIL About Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, the "Lion of (East) Africa". He was a General for Imperial Germany under Wilhelm II during the First World War, known as one of the greatest Generals of WW1 he was "the only German Commander to successfully invade the British Empire during WW1"