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TIL: The small bow found inside of many hats is a symbolic memorial to past hatters who had died of mercury poisoning

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aw0VN TIL the USSR changed to a six day week to force Christians to work on Sunday and made Christmas a national day of work
nW6nb TIL that scientists discovered a hidden corridor in Great Pyramid of Giza that could lead to further findings.
0dGNv TIL about Fugu, a dish prepared from Pufferfish, which can be lethal to humans if toxic parts of the fish are not properly prepared. In Japan and Korea, by law, only chefs who pass a three-year training are permitted to prepare the dish. Domestic preparation occasionally leads to accidental death.
LQkd9 TIL that "Urban Macrocephaly" is the phenomenon of excessive concentration of population and development of the main city of a country and it subjects the country to fragility to insurrections.
0AYA TIL That the most expensive photograph in the world, which sold for $4.3 million dollars at auction, was photoshopped…