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TIL Johnny Depp is an honorary member of the Comanche Nation. His native name means ‘Shape Shifter’

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AnDd TIL that in medieval times “Cat-burning” was an accepted practice thought to bring good luck. It was custom to burn a barrel full of live cats over a bonfire as people shrieked with laughter while they were singed and roasted. French Kings often witnessed it and even ceremoniously started the fire.
rNl0y TIL that the Fukushima disaster would have caused far less months of life lost if the residents were instead sheltered in place because of the factors due to the displacement such as suicide, depression and stress causing more months of life lost in the process.
Q0lM TIL that the universal ‘No’ symbol is also called the 'slarcle’.
Y7BVd TIL in France there is a group called the Garden Gnome Liberation Front which steals garden gnomes with the goal of "freeing" them and "returning them to the wild".
a84QJ TIL after a serious accident that left him with a permanent injury, Emperor Maximilian I became mordibly depressed in his later year. For the last four years of his life, he wouldn't travel anywhere without his coffin