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TIL The Knights Hospitaller, who were related to the Templars, defended sick and poor pilgrims during the Crusades and wore a white cross on their clothes instead, and are still in existence today.

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PY8Kg TIL that Dutch inventor Philip Nitschke also known as “Dr. Death” has created the worlds first suicide pod known as the “Sarco”. A button is pressed and the capsule is filled with nitrogen. The person will feel a bit dizzy but will then rapidly lose consciousness and die.
ne1nW TIL the real reason why the 2003 hit “Elf” never made a sequel is because the star of the movie, Will Ferrell, did not get along with the director of the movie, Jon Favreau. It was fellow actor, James Caan, who spilled the beans and revealed the truth of the matter.
4XXvo Birds, whales, butterflies, and many other animals have an instinctive sense of which way points North. Even dogs tend to poop in line with the planet's magnetic poles. If they can sense magnetic fields, can we?
JYEV1 TIL that mascara got its start with coal dust and vaseline. In the early 1900's, Thomas Lyle Williams noticed his sister Mabel applying a substance after a cooking accident singed her eyebrows and lashes. In her "original formula," Mabel burned a cork and mixed the ashes with Vaseline.
vmlK TIL strangling and choking are not the same thing. Strangling cuts off blood flow through the neck, while choking cuts off air flow.