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TIL European beer steins with pewter lids originated during the 14th century Bubonic Plague to keep flies out of your drink.

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BjJK TIL of Cymothoa exigua, a parasite that consumes the tongue of a fish, attaches itself to the blood supply, and becomes a newly functioning tongue, gorging itself until the host slowly dies of starvation. It’s one of few known parasites that consume and replace a host’s organs.
4kVRb TIL that the British call crosswalks "zebra crossings"
XEwYQ TIL there is no official difference between a hill and a mountain
kJbB TIL that Nazi Germany had made detailed plans to ship 4 million Jews to Madagascar.
RV81 TIL the trailer for “Nymphomaniac”, which included ‘full-frontal fellatio’, was accidentally in theaters to children seeing the PG-rated animation “Frozen”