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TIL human poop is used as fertilizer on farm fields

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MjrA TIL during 19th century construction of Paris’s underground sewers, workers found lost medieval dungeons, jewels, and the skeleton of an orangutan that had previously escaped from the zoo.
DQ4PD TIL Women used to dominate the beer industry but were forced out during the reformation as men spread rumors about them using witchcraft. Many brewed in secret in the woods after laws were passed prohibiting them from brewing. Much of the iconography of witches comes from this period.
NXvE1 TIL because of the 1994 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, dietary supplements in the US don't need to be approved for safety, don't need to disclose side effects, and don't even need to contain listed ingredients
LQ7Md TIL of Sada Abe (1905–after 1971), a geisha and prostitute who, in 1936, strangled her lover and cut off his genitals, which she carried in her kimono. The case became a national obsession in Japan and inspired many works of art. She served 5 years and later wrote an autobiography.
paZO TIL the word dude originally referred to an 1880s hipster.