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TIL that during the Tlacaxipehualiztli (snake festival), Aztec priests skinned war prisoners and young men wore their skins during 20 days

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KYXM4 TIL illegally dumped hydrocarbons caused a Friday February 13, 1981 series of explosions which destroyed more than 13 miles (21 km) of sewer lines and streets in the center of Louisville, Kentucky.
J1Nb1 TIL Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer attempted to erase Gaslight (1940) from existence as to prevent it from competing with their remake of Gaslight when it eventually released in 1944.
WkGZ8 TIL that VISA obtained a patent in November 2019 to convert US money into a digital currency controlled by central bank
b9rB7 TIL that in the past, the natives of Tonga would cut off finger tips and offer them to the Gods. They did this to cure a sick relative. This resulted in a severe shortage of finger tips.
Z8kAp TIL that the tallest pyramid in the world is a hotel in North Korea. Constructed in 1992, the Ryugyong Hotel has no finished interior as a result of an economic crisis and famine that hit in the following year, and was edited out of official photographs and maps until 2008.