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TIL the pickled ginger served with most sushi is meant to cleanse your palate between different pieces and can be offensive to the chef if used as a topping.

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rRxdM TIL a 1000 year old bronze buckle from East Asia was discovered in Alaska, showing that indigenous people in North America might have been interacting with the Old World earlier than previously thought
noZo TIL Penn Jillette had skin growing inside his skull. He and Teller decide to shoot a magic trick during the surgery. Since Penn’s a teetotaler, he couldn’t get the full anesthetic and remain conscious for the trick. As a result his pain made the footage so disturbing it was unusable.
lor8a TIL In the 20th century India lost more than 95% of its vulture population. The deaths are due to a medication for cows that is poisonous to the birds. The loss of vultures had increased the spread of disease and vermin populations. Also Parsi sky burials have had to be cancelled.
9wKDX TIL in 1958 a military plane accidentally dropped an Atom Bomb on a farm near Florence, South Carolina. The nuclear reaction didn't occur, but there was still enough explosive to create a 25 foot crater!
NXryP TIL about Elan School. Until 2011, this "troubled teens" institution tortured kids physically and psychologically. The only way out of there was to torture and torment your peers, it's called "attack therapy"... Those behind this operation still alive, are still free today, COMPLETELY UNPUNISHED