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TIL Pozole, a traditional Mexican soup, was originally made with human flesh by the Aztecs. When cannibalism was banned pork was used as it “tasted very similar”

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rBnd TIL there are 2 million saunas in Finland, 99% of Finns take a sauna at least once per week, and its not abnormal for families, acquaintances and even business associates there to sauna nude together.
1aL84 TIL that in 1910, two boys, Louis and Temple Abernathy decided to cross America by horseback from Oklahoma to Manhattan to meet Theodore Roosevelt. They were 10 and 6 years old. Then they decided to buy a car to come back home, while their horses made the return by train.
0d1pR TIL In 1994, Granger Washington approved the construction of a large cement dinosaur to attract tourists. The city adds a new dinosaur every year.
Mek0a TIL of GRB 080319B, a gamma ray burst that occurred 7.5 BILLION years ago (Long before our solar system was born). In March of 2008 this burst landed a direct hit on Earth.
X05Z6 TIL in 1954, father of the hydrogen bomb Edward Teller presented Sundial, a conceptual hydrogen bomb with a yield of 10 gigatons. Under the right conditions, this would start fires as far as 250 miles, an area the size of France. Work continued for several years after, with a test planned for 1956.