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TIL Hedgehogs are a food source in many cultures. Hedgehogs were eaten in Ancient Egypt and some recipes of the Late Middle Ages call for hedgehog meat.

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m1NxM TIL older trees absorb more carbon
R7k64 TIL The Vatican recognizes the 1982 apparition of the Virgin Mary in Rwanda, where she appeared to three young girls and foretold of the blood and horror of the 1994 genocide. The girls said they spent countless hours in conversations with Mary, who called herself Nyina wa Jambo, Mother of the Word
gOyX TIL when L. Ron Hubbard showed off Scientology’s first “clear” member (the highest level of achievement with skills that included perfect memory), the woman couldn’t even recall what color tie Hubbard was wearing
WPvL TIL the United States has a town entirely in Canada
9YRQM TIL that Philadelphia is Greek for "brotherly love," derived from the Ancient Greek terms φίλος phílos (beloved, dear) and ἀδελφός adelphós (brother, brotherly)