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TIL JRR Tolkien typed the entirety of the Lord of the Rings using a two finger pecking style

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QJApp TIL a Chinese woman was bitten by a Pit viper 3 months after stuffing the snake into a bottle of wine, in order to make a traditional Chinese medicine called Snake Wine. She opened the bottle to drink some after suffering from joint pain, the snake escaped, biting her in the process.
nOXo TIL that there is an African Union which aims to have a currency union similar to the Euro. One suggested name for this currency union is the “Afro.”
6EGnJ TIL scientists now use a non-invasive technique on old scrolls called Virtual Unwrapping - a process of scanning an ancient document and making a 3D computerized version of it, complete with text
8aj1P TIL that in 2019, Brazilian pоlіce seized a parrot who had been taught to alert criminals to pоlіce operations by shouting: "Mum, the pоlіce!" After being seized, the parrot didn't cooperate with the pоlіce, staying completely silent and not saying anything
e08Gg TIL: Mormons teach the Book of Mormon was created after this rock, which was dug up in a well, when dropped into a top hat would magically display the text of the Book of Mormon on its edge.