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TIL The Moon is masculine in Hindu mythology, has 27 wives, 1 pair of in-laws, and an adulterous relationship and a child with Jupiter’s only wife.

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Ayln TIL King Mithradates of Pontus had a flock of ducks who consumed poisonous plants and didn’t die (thus making them useful for creating antidotes); however their blood, meat, and eggs could kill you if you ingested them
Xj5R TIL After 9/11, people drove more instead of flying, resulting in an additional 1,000 fatalities since driving is more dangerous than flying.
16Orr TIL A Fistful of Dollars by Sergio Leone was identified as an unofficial remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo, and he received 15% of the western’s revenue, after Kurosawa wrote to Leone about it.
XGOk TIL in Fucking, Austria, the only reported crime has been the stealing of their road signs. In an effort to save money replacing road signs, a vote to change the town’s name was proposed, but the citizens decided against it.
RBMl TIL: A Japanese scientist discovered the jet stream in the 1920s, but it was ignored as he published his findings in esperanto