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TIL that the mild and much more common first stage of frostbite, the numbing and reddening of the skin, is called frostnip.

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EgeDX TIL Erik the Red (Exiled from Iceland) named Greenland to make it sound more appealing and attract settlers to build a community.
nMno TIL that many mistakenly believe that suicide by overdosing on Paracetamol renders them unconscious before death ensues, when in fact it is a lengthy and very painful process that could take up to a week.
VMk70 TIL Stephen King considers 'Dolores Umbridge' from Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix the "Greatest made up villain since Hannibal Lecter."
OokO4 TIL about The Tomb of the Whipping, an etruscan tomb dated to approximately 490 BC and named after a fresco of two men who flog a woman in an erotic context
PGQJ TIL that when the UK Suffragettes campaign turned violent, they went as far as arson, damaging museum exhibits and planting bombs