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TIL of the “Perpetual Stew” - common in mediaeval inns, a pot containing whatever they caught or dug up, just cooking and cooking and getting replenished continuously.

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DBOV TIL Serena and Venus Williams had an older sister who was shot dead in 2003 in an act of gang violence.
J1NYV TIL about Anton syndrome is a rare condition in which an individual becomes blind but is unaware of this fact. This is because the brain generates visual images that are perceived as real, leading the individual to believe that they can see.
dkVQ TIL that if something is “hot as balls,” it’s about 93 degrees fahrenheit.
dDV68 TIL that 13 innocent men were exonerated because of lab technician Mary Jane Burton's habit, dating back to 1977, of scotch taping small samples of tested evidence to her lab records, even though doing so violated the official policy to destroy all evidence after it was tested.
pP1e TIL that the former chief of NASA holds six graduate degrees