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TIL the masked ball song in Eyes Wide Shut is Romanian Orthodox Divine Liturgy played backwards

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VBQQB TIL about Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT). Where fecal matter from a healthy donor is introduced into a patient’s GI tract. It helps to restore healthy bacteria in the lower intestine and controls the infection Clostridium difficile (C. diff)
7Max TIL Africa doesn’t need aid or help,according to Sudanese billionaire Mohammed Ibrahim. “It’s a very rich continent. There is no justification for us to be poor…the problem isn’t lack of money. It’s governance"
b6yrN TIL croissant originates from Austria and is the French version of the Austrian pastry kipferl
ydaw TIL Swiss men are still allowed to present a bayonet – a sword that has generally passed down from generation to generation - as voter identification. This used to be the only form of voting identification for Swiss men up until 1991.
PYByw TIL that Top Fuel Dragsters burn up to 15 gallons of nitromethane per approximately 4 second run reaching speeds of up to 330 MPH. The engine is entirely rebuilt between each run in just 40 minutes. The drivers experience up to 4.75g's of force, more than an austronaut during a space shuttle launch.