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TIL that the opposite of exorcism is adorcism: the practice of inviting positive spirits into places or people.

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BgM0L TIL that 75% of the images in Ikea's product catalogue were computer generated...in 2014
OYw6 TIL Edgar Allan Poe’s “The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym” (1838) was about 4 shipwreck survivors stranded in a boat before they killed and ate a cabin boy–Richard Parker. In 1884, a boat was stranded with only 4 survivors. 3 of the men killed and ate the cabin boy, also named Richard Parker.
PmBO TIL Mexican jumping beans are inhabited by the larvae of a small moth that spasms when the bean is heated. They attempt to move the bean to a cooler environment to avoid dehydration and death.
l7xeV TIL about Australian Rules Football, a rugby-esque contact sport involving an oval ball. It's played by two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground.
6E17Z TIL learned that the Greek\Macedonian empire reached Pakistan\India