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TIL that Ivan the Terrible died without ever telling anyone where he put the library he inherited from his grandfather, and ever since there has been a treasure hunt for it.

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ZpMKD TIL the Toraja people of Indonesia perform "Ma'nene", an annual ritual where the embalmed corpses of family members are removed from their tombs, groomed, dressed in new clothing, and treated as though they are still among the living. Torajans refer to the deceased as "sick", and only bury years on.
1avQX TIL There was a family kept in slavery as late as 1961 in Mississippi.
grx08 TIL While other primates are furry, human skin is exposed to the elements. It’s not that we’re ‘naked’ – our hair is just really short over much of our bodies. In the warm places where our ancestors lived, evaporation of sweat from exposed skin was a great benefit in cooling our entire bodies.
01e5 TIL That you don’t really need to brush twice a day AFTER meals. Brushing is really just about cleaning the plaque which houses microbes on your teeth. It’s better to clear the plaque before meals so that your meals don’t feed the plaque which feeds the teeth-damaging microbes.
5V0Wr TIL I learned about the Seneca Falls Convention, that fought for the social, civil and religious rights of women.