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TIL hot water and jello is a treatment for hypothermia

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Q65E TIL You don’t see white dog poop anymore due to the reduction of bone meal in dog foods; the calcium in bone meal is what turned the poop white.
oRjNE TIL that the Chinese Air Force once bombed the Forbidden City in July 1917 during the Manchu Restoration which was attempt to restore the Qing Dynasty and 11 year old emperor Puyi. A Caudron Type D aircraft was used which caused a death of a eunuch and minor damage
v1mN7 TIL that in addition to enjoying a variety of tropical fruity flavors in their diet, Tucans also consume the nestlings of smaller birds
WKMN TIL Around the 16th century, there was a chamber in the fortress of Biertan (Romania) where all the couples that wanted to divorce were forced to live with only one item of everything: one bed, one spoon, one chair, etc. before breaking up. Only one couple in 300 years ended up divorcing.
0wKYR TIL legal scholars use the terms malum prohibitum and malum in se to distinguish between offences which are legally or morally forbidden. The former is wrong simply for rules prohibiting them whilst the latter is wrong as it is seen as an innately immoral act.