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TIL German pianos have an H key
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TIL that warts (rough and hard growths on the skin) are caused by the Human Papilloma Virus, the same virus that causes cervical cancer.
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TIL that a 1920s anti-catholic mob, led by the Klan, became convinced the pope was on a train in Indiana. A corset salesman spent half an hour convincing the mob he wasn’t the pope in disguise.
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TIL Vikings used ravens to navigate. They brought ravens aboard their ships, then released them and sailed in the same direction to find land. The raven was so important to them that it became the symbol on their flag.
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TIL Like an outsized fossil in the Sahara, the 30-mile diameter Richat Structure in Mauritania, originally interpreted as a meteorite impact, is a circular, eroded dome dating back to the splitting of Pangea.
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TIL the richest man in history was Mansa Musa, an West African King who ruled in the early 1300’s. His fortune is estimated at around $400B in today’s dollars.