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TIL that the Micronesian island of Yap uses giant boulders as a form of currency.

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81pZ TIL the concept of witches riding broomsticks stems from medieval women applying hallucinogenic drugs vaginally using a broomstick, resulting in the sensation of flight
4XBP6 TIL about Celia Blay, a 65-year old woman who caught a murderer over the internet. A man had been posing as a female nurse online, trying to convince people to commit suicide. At least five people did. Blay gathered enough evidence to prove it was one man, eventually leading to his capture.
XE89j TIL According to the convention of Geneva an ejected pilot in the air is not a combatant and therefore attacking him is a war crime.
9Y0eG TIL about Julian Mathias Buchwald a man who made his girlfriend think that they had been kidnapped by a satanic cult for six days, all so he could convince her to have sex with him.
kxme TIL that an unarmed man named Dillon Taylor was shot and killed by police in Utah on August 12. Investigators have not released the name of the officer and say the investigation may take weeks. cnn.com, foxnews.com, and msnbc.com have posted exactly 0 articles covering this story/demanding justice.