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TIL that the dollar symbol has its origin in Spain
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TIL that between the 11th and 19th centuries, Buddhist monks in northern Japan practiced a kind of meditation called Sokushinbutsu, in which they would mummify themselves alive by slowly weaning themselves off food and water before eventually starving to death
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TIL Jennifer Ringley was the first camgirl on the Internet. She was also the first "lifecaster" who popularized live streaming before Justin Kan became famous with justin.tv (he later co-founded Twitch).
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TIL US Marines forced Saddam Hussein to watch the South Park movie, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut numerous times throughout his captivity.
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TIL For centuries Romans preserved a primitive house from early Roman settlements that was the reputed house of Romulus, legendary founder and first King of Rome.
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TIL three Mexicans got lost at sea and drifted from Mexico almost to Australia over the course of 9 months. They survived by eating raw fish and drinking rain water.