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TIL of “Last Thursdayism”, the idea that the universe began to exist last Thursday, with everything (including our memories) all formed at the time of creation (last Thursday) in a state such that they appear much older

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lojXr TIL: Pozole, a traditional soup with hominy, used to be prepared with human meat. After the Conquest cannibalism was banned and pork was used instead because of its similarities to human meat.
0drnN TIL that every year, Western Europeans alone collectively lose about 1.6 million years of healthy life because of traffic noise.
b6LoZ TIL An article on The Guardian from 2004 was one of the first to use the word "Podcast" in reference to rise of of "Audioblogging" as the iPod started picking up traction.
WkN5d TIL about Zofia Rydet, a Polish photographer who, at age 67, decided to try to shoot the interior of every home in Poland. Over the final 19 years of her life, she shot 20,000 images. She said, "The simplest, most ordinary documentary picture becomes a great truth about human fate."
v1erL Today I learned Daimler (Mercedes) acknowledges their participation during the nazi era and has a page dedicated to it.