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TIL traditional sushi chefs grate (real) wasabi on shark skin

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ANGM4 TIL during the Victorian age, women appreciated the beauty that tuberculosis caused - the thin waist, pale skin, red lips and rosey cheeks of those affected. It became quickly a tuberculosis inspired trend - referred to as "Consumptive Chic" - that led women to intentionally contracting the disease.
yVJpV TIL about Georg Elser, who built a time bomb from clock parts and blasting caps, and missed killing Adolf Hitler by thirteen minutes
Y7Zrr TIL "Just Dance 2020" was the final game released physically for the Nintendo Wii in North America. "Shakedown: Hawaii" would have also had a physical release on the Wii in 2020, and would have taken Ubisoft's record, but Nintendo could no longer find their Wii disc printing components in storage
jN4Mj TIL Dr. Anthony Fauci helped co-edit "most recognized (text)book in all of medicine" used by Resident Physicians around the world: Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine.
xVp7D TIL - In April 2001 a parody internet protocol was implemented IRL via pigeons!