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TIL people used to grind human bones into flour to make 'bone bread'

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8Y0X TIL of Ikigai, the Japanese philosophy that everyone has “a reason for being”. It indicates the source of value in one’s life or the things that make a life worthwhile.
5YeRn TIL red spider lilies are poisonous and were planted near burial sites in Japan to prevent animals from digging up corpses. As a result the flowers are now associated with death, funerals, and the afterlife.
d8kgE TIL that between the ages of 10 and 14, girls are actually taller, stronger, and heavier than boys on average.
J1BZB TIL Bullet proof vest was originally invented by a three pizza stores’ owner, Richard C. Davis, after gun fight during pizza delivery.
40Kw TIL that during WW2 a Spanish man convinced the Nazis that he was a spy living in London, and fed them false information. This grew to him working for Britain with captured spies, creating a fictional network of other spies, and being awarded a medal from both Britain AND Nazi Germany.