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TIL “Katamari Damacy” translates literally to “clump of souls”

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d810Q TIL that a woman named Bridget Cleary was murdered because her husband believed her to be replaced by a faerie .
1P8V TIL that Chernobyl actually translates to “Wormwood” in Ukrainian. In the Bible, Wormwood is the name of an angel or star that makes the waters bitter and kills many people.
xVwe1 TIL that the 1877 novel Black Beauty, now considered a children's classic, was written for adults by author Anna Sewell to highlight the problem of animal abuse and was subtitled "The Autobiography of a Horse." Ironically, Sewell was an invalid at the time and could not ride herself.
W70bA TIL The giant robot suit (Leopardon) used in the Japanese Spider-Man TV show was lost during production. Later episodes had to use stock footage.
grPAb TIL for infants, not being breastfed is associated with an increased incidence of infectious morbidity, gastroenteritis, and pneumonia, as well as elevated risks of childhood obesity, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, leukemia, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).