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VMlgQ TIL That a Chinese author based some of the murders in his books on ones he’s committed years earlier. Liu Yongbiao was convicted last year of killing four people in 1994. He’d also boasted of planning a book about a murderous author that bested capture and escaped authorities.
9w5AB TIL The Komusō, a group of monks in Japan from the 17th to 19th centuries, were known for donning straw baskets on their heads. This practice, thought to symbolize the absence of ego, continues today. Some even used the baskets to travel anonymously.
4XAy5 TIL Szechuan peppers make your lips/tongue numb, not hot. Its not the capsaicin (found in pepper that interacts with heat receptors so we perceive spicy). Instead, its hydroxy-alpha-sanshool interacting with tactile receptors (thus your brain perceives vibrating / electrocution style sensation).
b9nd0 TIL in 2015 scientist dropped a microphone 6 miles down into the Mariana Trench, the results where a surprise, instead of quiet, they heard sounds of earthquakes, ships, the distinct moans of baleen whales and the overwhelming clamor of a category 4 typhoon that just happened to pass overhead.
aJE0 TIL the longest wrongful conviction served was 35 years served by James Bain for a murder and rape he did not commit.