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TIL That wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube men are banned in houston for being a “blight on the aesthetic environment”.

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m1akP TIL: As of today, there are "Witch Camps" in Ghana where women accused of being witches can seek refuge to avoid being killed. Many have mental illnesses or are widows. Since 2012, the gov have been trying to educate the public that witches do not exist. In 2020 there are 4 camps housing over 500.
yQldw TIL of HMS Victory, the oldest commissioned warship in the world with 241 years' service. She is best known for her role as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. She gets 350,000 visitors per year.
kJOb5 TIL humans have no sense for wetness, only temperature and pressure
8elDb TIL: Excel spreadsheet can handle 1,048,576 rows and 16,384 columns at a time.
koke TIL that in a scene in Saving Private Ryan two “German” soldiers who are shot trying to surrender were speaking Czech. They were saying, “Please don’t shoot me, I am not German, I am Czech, I didn’t kill anyone, I am Czech!”