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TIL that Shakespeare was heavily influenced by the prophecies of Nostradamus

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EglAx TIL that psychologists actually have a term for people who enjoy harming others, which is dubbed "everyday sadism".
4kZR6 TIL about the "birthgap" – the decline of births to an unsustainable level – and that it is already affecting not only Western countries, South Korea and Japan, but also populous countries like India and Bangladesh!
rBnd TIL there are 2 million saunas in Finland, 99% of Finns take a sauna at least once per week, and its not abnormal for families, acquaintances and even business associates there to sauna nude together.
LQM9p TIL The scrolls from Edo period Japan depicting farting competitions were called He-Gassen
woMLo TIL about Ukyo Katayama, a Japanese former F1 driver. In 1994, he had been diagnosed with cancer in his back, but kept it a secret from his team, not wanting anyone's sympathy to make excuses for him. He raced for 4 years with the tumor and announced his illness only after he retired from F1