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TIL that some medieval theologians believed Jesus was conceived through Mary's ear at the instant of hearing the angel Gabriel's announcement, a concept called "conceptio per aurem" (conception through the ear), thus keeping her virginity intact.

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8eJJL TIL there's a musical instrument from Newfoundland, Canada called the Ugly Stick that is usually made from a mop handle, beer caps, an empty can and an old boot. When hit with a stick or stomped on the ground, it resembles the sounds of a drum set.
5nXp TIL Tom & Jerry ends with Tom & Jerry presumably committing suicide.
QJBQL TIL "footquakes" are created by thousands of stomping people and picked up by seismometers
WkrXd TIL Tolar, NM has the distinction of being the only town in the USA to be bombed out of existence in World War II. Not that it was a large town at the time. The explosion from an accidental railroad disaster left a crater about 20-feet deep and 60-feet wide - the town was pretty much obliterated.
DQDdP TIL the Hooded Pitohui is one of the few known poisonous birds in the world. Native to New Guinea, this bird's feathers and skin contain a neurotoxin called homobatrachotoxin the same kind of toxins found in certain poison dart frogs.