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TIL that spiciness is not an actual taste, but it's a type of pain!

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d8nLj TIL that Greek art strongly influenced Buddhist art following Alexander's conquests across the Middle East. Statues of Buddha did not exist before this, and Greco-Buddhism reached as far as Japan, where the wind God Fujin is still closely modeled after depictions the Greek wind God Boreas.
ANK8x TIL haggis has been banned from being imported into the US since 1971 due to a ban on food containing sheep lung
Bg8Ey TIL that the movie "Paranormal Activity" had a total budget of $215,000. It went on to earn $193 million at the global box office.
7dwb TIL on April 1, 2007, Google sent an email to all of its employees warning that a python was loose inside of their New York office. It was not a joke.
apXJ TIL more unfortunate facts about Detroit. 1/3 of Detroit is either vacant or derelict, 47% of the residents are functionally illiterate, less than half of residents over 16 are employed, and 40% of the street lights do not work.