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TIL how Hamburg deals with drunk peeple peeing on walls: Hamburg walls use hydrophobic paint to pee back

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woobE TIL Ring Around the Rosie was more likely a flirting / courtship game and almost certainly had nothing to do with the Black Death.
EXWW TIL King Charles VI of France suffered from glass delusions, a psychiatric phenomenon in which people believe they’re made of glass. Charles VI refused to let people touch him and wore reinforced clothing to protect himself from accidental “shattering.”
emJJ TIL that the ex Canadian Defense Minister believes that there are at least 4 species of aliens that have been visiting earth for 1000’s of years, and they are concerned about our use of atomic weapons, among other things.
kLj7 TIL Martin Scorsese directed the music video to Bad by Michael Jackson
v1nxD TIL that axoltols can regrow limbs, tails, hearts, eyes, parts of the brain, and even the central nervous system.