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TIL that lemons float while limes sink

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0w5PL TIL that Poland's official reason for not participating in the crusades was that there was no beer or mead in the Holy Land
dDkPQ TIL During the 17th century Salem witch trials, many of the women accused of witchcraft and burned alive are believed to have suffered from epilepsy and community members misinterpreted seizures as demonic possession.
DMwP TIL that 19yo Joe Rogan won the US Open Taekwondo lightweight championship, and then went on to beat both the US middle and heavyweight champions. He is also a kickboxer, Judoka, and holds black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
m1p9E TIL that the Ganges river receives around 19 billion gallons (72 billion liters) of sewage a day, most of which is untreated.
6kvm TIL that after the end of Denazification in 1951, the U.S. conducted opinion surveys in occupied Germany in 1952 and found that 37% of Germans said Germany was better off without the Jews and 25% still had a good opinion of Hitler.