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TIL that the Finnish language has a unit of measurement based on a reindeers urinary habits. Poronkusema

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6PEJ TIL that the world’s most powerful commercially available flashlight can be used to start fires.
ADLJn TIL Chilli peppers originated in Latin America, and were only brought to India (the current largest consumer and exporter) in the 16th century by Portuguese traders.
J16bm TIL that in the United Kingdom, there is a section of a river called the Strid. It seems unassuming at hardly six feet wide, but at certain points the Strid reaches over 200 feet in depth. Air bubbles lowering the water's average density, you would sink like a rock into the violent currents below.
0nN5 TIL of the state Buddhist monks call “Tukdam” which happens when a monk dies during deep meditation and his body stays uncannily preserved in meditative posture for hundreds of years.
GaE5 TIL in the 1960s, the CIA spent over $20 million dollars implanting radio equipment into a cat to spy on the Kremlin. After being released outside the Soviet compound in Washington DC for it’s first mission, it was immediately struck by a taxi and died.