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TIL Hallowe'en begins the 3 day event of Allhallowtide...

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Y7EWv TIL about the Selkie, mythological creatures that can shapeshift between seal and human forms by removing or putting on their seal skin
OGBY TIL that Uranus and Neptune may literally rain diamonds, which then pile up miles-thick. And those are not the only diamonds being produced in space.
wBK1 TIL cheese triggers the same part of the brain as hard drugs
VyWB TIL a black musician helped dissolve the entire KKK in Maryland by making inroads with its members and imperial wizard, collecting their robes and hoods as they resigned that life. He had befriended 25 people.
R5KV9 TIL about bog bodies—human remains found in peat bogs that are naturally mummified for thousands of years. A bog's highly acidic, oxygen-free environment preserves skin, hair, nails, organs, wool and leather clothing but dissolves bones—allowing scientists to study their appearance and last meals.