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TIL Prince Philip of is worshipped by inhabitants of some villages on the island of Tanna, Vanuatu, holding feasts on his honour and having portraits of him

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b6D4Z TIL about Pine Mouth, where eating pine nuts can cause a bitter metallic taste in your mouth which can last weeks.
jdpj TIL there’s an experimental project in Sweden where volunteers can sign up to receive a text message if there is a heart attack within (500m), so they can perform CPR before an ambulance arrives. 9600 people have signed up as of October, 2013.
rZVd TIL that the word homophobia was originally used to refer to heterosexual men’s fear that others might think they are gay
QJMwM TIL Because Christopher Nolan shot Dunkirk on film he was able to recover footage from a camera that had sunk.
Egylp TIL that Babe Ruth, at the age of 40, hit his 714th and final home run over 500 feet, clearing Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field’s triple deck, and bouncing off a nearby resident’s roof