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TIL There is gum from Japan that acts as deodorant making your whole body smell good

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6El9Q TIL the state of Massachusetts was named after the local indigenous population, Massachusett
vAWr TIL The maternity ward of Dutch princess Juliana (sheltered in Canada during WW2) was declared international territory so that the child would be born in no country and inherit Dutch citizenship. In gratitude, she sent 100,000 tulips paving the way for the Canadian Tulip Festival.
oDMY TIL that Fidel Castro predicted correctly 43 years ago, that the USA will talk to Cuba again when they “have a black president and the world has a latin american pope”.
Wk5bY TIL taxidermists can preserve an animal with its own brain matter through a process called "brain tanning," and an animal has enough brain matter to preserve its entire body.
WmZA TIL: Quoted over $60,000 for dental work, a man ended up traveling outside of the US to get the same treatment done for $3,000 from a dentist in Mexico.