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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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165YX TIL about how the CIA faked a vampire attack in a psy-op campaign against Philippino communist rebels.
LkQ59 Scientists have isolated the brains of dogs, cats and monkeys and kept them alive for short periods in one way or another. But the most successful "whole-brain preparation" of a mammal was developed in the mid-1980s. A neuroscientist at NYU Langone Medical Center named Rodolfo Llinás came up with a way to keep the brain of a young guinea pig alive in a fluid-filled tank for the length of a standard workday.
8XrV TIL The sign “Your meal is free if you don’t get a receipt. Please see a manager” is intended to prevent employees from stealing.
8aPmb TIL about the Bonn-Oberkassel dog, the oldest undisputed dog fossil, which is over 14 thousand years old. A pathology of the remains indicates the dog was ill and would not have been able to live without intensive human care.
neX6Y TIL In Peru guinea pigs are such a large part of the traditional cuisine that the Cathedral Basilica has a rendition of the last supper that depicts Jesus dining on guinea pig