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TIL that in 1518 a group of people actually danced until they died. One of the only known cases of "dancing mania"

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W7MXB TIL a Belgian princess living in a Belgian castle during WWI was protected due to a sign from a German general that partially read "I order the German soldiers passing by here not to ring the bell and to leave the place untouched" because she was the sister-in-law of Austria-Hungary's emperor.
kJ06W TIL after chemical analysis of the contents of a sealed unguentarium made of dolomite and quartz (found in an intact Roman tomb in 2019), for the first time evidence of a substance in a Roman perfume was found: patchouli
j6JyM TIL: A sex toy maker agreed to pay customers up to C$10,000 each for selling a “smart vibrator,” which tracked owners’ use without their knowledge. Two hackers had demonstrated the company was collecting information about users, including device temperature and vibration intensity.
R7XB8 TIL about the sick building syndrome, a condition in which people in a building suffer from symptoms of illness or become infected with chronic disease from the building in which they work or reside. Misplanned aerodynamics and defective construction materials are among the causes of SBS.
7007 TIL that in pre-famine Ireland, the average farmer would eat between ten and fourteen pounds of potatoes a day.