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TIL the ancient Greeks used the electrogenic properties of electric rays to numb the pain of childbirth and operations.

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QJ11L TIL about the Nazino Tragedy where 6,000 people were deported from the Soviet Union to an island where there was no food, shelter, or water. Within 13 weeks, over 4,000 died or disappeared and signs of cannibalism was present on some of the bodies.
E174d TIL the word "hundred" hasn't always referred to exactly 100 it was sometimes 120. 120 can now be called a "Long Hundred"
awbGb TIL that Samoa skipped a Friday
xgWg TIL a 16yo British was found dead, surrounded by 42 cans of aerosol body spray. He would apparently spray himself down daily to avoid showering and died from inhaling large amounts of the butane propellant in the product.
MZXb TIL that planting swastikas in the forests of Germany was “a fad among National Socialist foresters” during the Nazi period and nobody noticed them until decades later.