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TIL "Bezoar stones", undigested matter in porcupines, proboscis monkeys, and other animal's intestines, were once prized in Europe and Asia as magical cure-all stones and worn by royalty on rings.

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p8eLZ TIL that Charles Martinet, voice of Mario, Waluigi, and other characters, has his own Waluigi headcanon. He believes Waluigi is full of self-pity, and that he and Wario are just "two nice, evil guys who found each other."
lBkK TIL that during the siege of Jerusalem in 1917, the British started to airdrop cigarettes filled with large doses of Opium, hoping that the Ottomans would be too stoned to fight. It worked.
vPeyK TIL that Spotted Hyenas, while easily tamed, make terrible house pets.
N75O1 TIL The Soviet Union allowed theaters to play The Grapes of Wrath because of its depiction of the plight of the poor under capitalism, but it was later withdrawn because Russian audiences were amazed that even the poorest Americans could afford a car.
QNLwe TIL about North Korean former soldier Oh Chong Song, who defected to South Korea by simply crashing his car into the DMZ and escaped under a shower of North Korean bullets.