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TIL That a deep/ hard cough can actually cause your body to itch… on purpose!

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p8YgA TIL that the German grocery store Aldi is actually two stores: Aldi Nord and Aldi Sud. In the US, Aldi Sud has been rebranded as Aldi, and Aldi Nord is what we now know as Trader Joe's.
ojYK TIL that the media can legally lie in the United States, determined by a case in 2003.
mxgoO TIL Some of the oldest preserved female litterature come from poems by early Buddhist nuns in 6th century BCE (2500 years ago!). The women express their spiritual equality to men, and issues such as child mortality. They also discuss the role and abilities women in society
ZpMKD TIL the Toraja people of Indonesia perform "Ma'nene", an annual ritual where the embalmed corpses of family members are removed from their tombs, groomed, dressed in new clothing, and treated as though they are still among the living. Torajans refer to the deceased as "sick", and only bury years on.
maWO TIL Freddie Mercury once dressed Princess Di up as a man and snuck her into a gay bar