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TIL Japanese Unit 731 did human experimentation on Chinese victims

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P1X1w TIL From 1900-1930, the most popular form of home insulation was Cabot's Quilt. It was made of Eel Grass (Sea Grass) sewn (quilted) between two layers of Kraft Paper. Eel grass doesn't decompose like other plants. It was eventually replaced with fiberglass.
yeRv TIL that in Vietnam, it is possible to order a cobra blood wine from restaurant menus - the waiter will take a live cobra, kill it on the spot, drain the blood into a shot glass of rice wine, and top it off with the cobra’s still beating heart for you to gulp down.
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