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TIL It's illegal to engage in metal detecting in Ireland

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VL0B TIL that Warner Bros executives didn’t like the idea of Tim Burton killing off Jack Nicholson’s character in the movie, Mars Attacks! In response, Burton had Nicholson then play two characters and killed both of them off.
m15Kx TIL that During the Victorian Era, rich English people would host “unwrapping” parties with genuine Egyptian mummies.
QJrL TIL Mcdonalds has redesigned their Mcflurry cup to be animal friendly after reports of hedgehogs starving to death as a result of getting their heads stuck in the lid.
D1L9e TIL that some psychedelics, including LSD and psilocybin, promote measurable neuroplastic and neurogenic growth in several different ways, and that there is established research on it.
lorJN TIL about Minnie Lou Crosthwaite, the first Black woman to pass the teacher exam in Nashville's segregated school system. She was also an important early figure in the foundation of the YWCA, and raised funds for needy soldiers during WWI.