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TIL women invented beer and there are beer goddesses

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6EvNm TIL over 1000 toads exploded in Hamburg as a result of crows pecking out their livers: terrified toads puffed up to scare away their attackers but with a hole in their bellies & no liver, they swelled up to ~4x their normal size, their lungs burst and the rest of the organs shot straight out of them
R5gBQ TIL In 1924 Hitler was sentenced to 5 years in prison, but only served 8 months. He and his Nazi party tried to overthrow the Weimar government which eventually led to his sentence. The government was afraid of angering his political base so they reduced the sentence to only 8 months.
YppmA TIL Boston City Hall has been described as "one of the world's ugliest buildings".
mx4Yy TIL that when actor Liam Neesons wife, Natasha Richardson, died in 2009 he donated her organs. Her heart, kidneys, and liver are keeping three people alive.
GeGQ TIL a newly detected fracture suggests that tectonic forces are pulling the continents together once again.