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TIL of Santa Muerte, a female skeletal figure primarily worshipped in Mexico. Among many other things, she’s the patron saint of: Homosexuals, Love, Police Officers, Drug Dealers, Smugglers, Mariachi Players and Bicycle Messengers.

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6eRW TIL that while filming “The Passion of the Christ” Jim Caviezel, the actor that played Jesus, was struck by lightning along with the assistant director, who was struck twice
xVBv5 TIL that Charging Bull, the famous statue on Wall Street, was installed secretly and illegally outside the New York Stock Exchange in 1989 following the 1987 stock market crash. The sculpture was seized and impounded by NYPD, but re-installed two blocks south of the Exchange after a public outcry.
Ooxke TIL Iceland is the only country in the world without mosquitoes.
oRwZr TIL a study tested 23 human testes & 47 pet dog testes and found microplastics in every sample. The human testicles had a plastic concentration almost three times higher than that found in the dog testes: 330 micrograms per gram of tissue compared with 123 micrograms.
1a9VD TIL That the Hadza tribe from Tanzania find honey by whistling a special tune to a "honeyguide" bird that then leads them to a nearby bee hive.