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TIL about Kuru. a terrifying disease caused by eating human brains. Villages in Papua NG ate brains of the dead as an act of love and twisted brain proteins caused trembling and “the laughing death”. People die within 2-4 months.

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16l8P TIL that Keanu Reeves runs a private charitable foundation to fund cancer research and children’s hospitals. In 2009, he told Ladies Home Journal: "I don’t like to attach my name to it, I just let the foundation do what it does."
1ane8 TIL that "Inemuri", in Japan the practice of napping in public, may occur in work, meetings or classes. Sleeping at work is considered a sign of dedication to the job, such that one has stayed up late doing work or worked to the point of complete exhaustion, and may therefore be excusable.
1aMYX TIL an untouched apartment in Paris opened after 70 years had a painting worth $3.4M
Kk6a TIL Most batteries can be thrown away normally and don’t need special recycling ever since US congress banned the sale of batteries containing mercury
Zmpp TIL Dave Matthews’ older sister, Anne, was murdered in 1994 by her husband, who later killed himself. Dave and his sister Jane then began to raise Anne’s kids.