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TIL that Octopus wrestling was a popular sport in the 1960s.

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oRYe7 TIL about myco-architecture--an ongoing project at NASA ARC to prototype fungi that would grow into usable habitats on Mars. Once fully grown, the fungi would be baked. The project aims to reduce weight carried on rockets when compared to the typically envisaged metal-and-glass buildings.
awy7J TIL Of St. Priapus Church, a religion based on the worship of penises. Fellatio is seen as a commandment, a good deed which has positive effects not just for the recipient but for society in general, a practice facilitating world peace.
Or9L TIL In Kyrgyztan, men still marry their women the old-fashioned way: by abducting them off the street and forcing them to be their wife.
Woy4 TIL Japan has over 50,000 people that are over 100 years old
9YRKG TIL UK's highest-paid entertainer in WW2, George Formby, went to Normandy after the landings, & gave 9 shows to frontline troops who’d held out for 56 days without relief, his audience in foxholes. He also crawled through trenches to tell jokes when the enemy was too close for a show.