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TIL that shark teeth are coated with fluoride, which acts like toothpaste and keeps the shark’s mouth healthy and clean.

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KRGa TIL Cats were so revered in ancient Egypt that when a cat died, the household would go into mourning and would shave their eyebrows to signify their loss. However, when the temple of Bast was discovered in 1888, the mummified cats were ground up and sold as fertilizer.
GYeaQ Juno has returned another photo that looks like a painting.
kJYN1 TIL Poland operated a massive Underground State within its occupied territories in WW2, (with a parliament, army and Civil Service)
wxj1 TIL that the medieval Arab philosopher and skeptic al-Ma'arri wrote that religion consisted of ancient fables used to exploit the popular masses
MeNG8 TIL that during the Salem witch trials, no one was burned at stake. They were hanged, left to die in prison, or pressed.