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TIL that nudists refer to non-nudists as “Textiles”

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OoNm6 TIL: The wealth of a samurai in feudal Japan was measured in terms of koku; one koku, supposed to be the amount of rice it took to feed one man for a year, was equivalent to around 180 liters.
owJE TIL a public treasurer lost $1.2m of a Michigan county’s money to a Nigerian email scam
VMoPm TIL there's a psychological disorder called "Sunday Night Blues" and it reffers to the anxiety some people (specially workers and students) feel thinking about the start of a new week.
69mkQ TIL Elvis was an Actual 8th Degree Black Belt in Karate
nWBPP TIL while filming the witch burning scene in Day of Wrath, director Carl Theodor Dreyer decided to leave the actress tied to a wooden ladder while the crew went for lunch. He used her genuine distress to film the scene