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TIL Dracula was translated into Icelandic in 1901, and it wasn't until 2014 that anyone noticed this version was actually a significantly different novel with a smaller page count and a lot more sex

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E1L4x TIL about Tulpamancy, a Tibetan Buddhist practice where an imaginary companion, or "Tulpa", is created through intense meditation. The practice is often compared with Dissociative Identity Disorder, since the imaginary companion created is viewed to be independent and separate from the individual.
PYvYG TIL the giraffes are dying. They are facing a silent extinction.
rDb1 TIL Romans used urine to clean their clothes.
ADj0l TIL of Elouise Cobell (“Yellow Bird Woman”) who founded the first Native American owned bank. As treasurer of the Blackfeet Nation she tried to resolve accounting discrepancies regarding leases on Indian Land which led to a $3.4 Billion dollar class action settlement against the US government.
VEnG TIL in Islamic law gang rape, terrorism, and highway robbery are considered the same class of crime and it is the only kind to get the most severe penalty in Islamic law: Crucifixion