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TIL that a human who eats feces may suffer from a tumor.

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mxxkP TIL Sweden accelerated it's move to become a virtual cashless society in 2009, following a massive cash heist in which criminals landed a stolen helicopter on a depot roof, entered via a skylight and used Kalashnikovs to rob $6.5 million - none of it recovered.
p8mo4 TIL that Deutsche Bank helped financed the construction of Auschwitz, the IG Farben chemical plant that supplied gas to concentration camps, and profited off of stolen gold and property from Holocaust victims.
dXVj TIL that in late 19th century, Korean women were normally wearing clothes exposing breasts while being quite concealing otherwise (NSFW historical photos and references)
wLdVo TIL between 1982 and 1995, Robert Goldman asked athletes in power and combat sports if they would take a performance-enhancing pill that would grant them overwhelming success in their sport, but kill them in 5 years. More than half said yes.
4X8GX TIL in 2003 there was a tv show called “There’s something about Miriam” that featured six men wooing 21-year-old Mexican model Miriam without revealing that she was a pre-operative trans woman until the final episode.