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TIL that self-mummification (a process called Sokushunbutsu) was practiced by Japanese Shugendō monks as the ultimate act of self denial. This ritual lasted around nine years, six of which the monk would be alive for.

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o5Z7 TIL Yogendra Singh Yadav, a soldier of the Indian army, climbed up a vertical, snow-covered cliff face while under machine gun and rocket fire. Despite taking three bullets, he managed to finish the climb, grenade a bunker and then kill four enemy soldiers in hand to hand combat.
4Xjao TIL that the powder you see when you touch a moth is actually tiny scales, like on a fish or lizard. These scales give butterflies and moths their scientific name Lepidoptera (from the Greek Lepido = scale, and ptera = wing).
dl4j TIL that the trapdoor spider can withstand 38 times it’s own weight when defending their trapdoor. This is the same as a human holding a door closed that’s being pulled on the other side by a small jet plane.
NnZP TIL guards at New Mexico State Penitentiary had a “snitch game”. They would label inmates as snitches, let them be abused, and wait for them to turn into informants to escape their tormentors.
R9Rj TIL Radox Spa commissioned a study to find the Top 9 most relaxing songs. The British Academy of Sound Therapy then teamed w/ Marconi Union to scientifically create the most calming song called Weightless. Using entrainment, your heart rate slows, and specific harmonic intervals create euphoria.