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TIL: Am-Phu cave in Vietnam is decorated with "hell" themes: sculpted demons "and fanged devils bathed in sinister red light, where hands reach up from the waters below and river monsters threaten to gnash (visitors') souls to bits." It's located under the mountain associated with heaven.

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wL8A1 TIL during WWII, Britain drafted women, starting with 20-30 year old singles, and eventually employing almost 90% of all single women and 80% of all married women in essential war work in roles such as as mechanics, engineers, munitions workers, air raid wardens, bus and fire engine drivers
9w797 TIL when Wilt Chamberlain had his famous 100 point NBA game, he shot his free throws "granny style." A usually poor free throw shooter, that night he made 86% of his attempts.
vPRaB TIL that coconut crabs and some other hermit crabs have Branchiostegal lungs (considered to be a developmental stage between gills and lungs) besides gills and will drown if submerged for too long. They also have the ability to smell things in the air.
YpZPd TIL that in the Garfield comic strip, Jon originally had a roommate named Lyman, who was also Odie's owner. He stopped appearing after a few years. Cartoonist Jim Davis has never confirmed what happened to him--all he's said on the subject is "Don't look in Jon's basement!"
Zb0o TIL sloth sex takes only 5 seconds.