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TIL that the term “devil’s advocate” was originally the church official appointed to argue against a candidate for sainthood

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N7X6N TIL that native German and Russian speaker's tongues naturally rest on the bottom of their mouths while English speakers tongues rest on the top.
8rv4 TIL Comanche Indians would torture captured settlers by cutting off their genitals, stuffing them in their mouths, sewing their lips together, then staking them over a nest of red ants until dead - Comanche women often orchestrated the torture.
Bg7wx TIL When President Macias of Equatorial Guinea was overthrown in 1979, the army couldn’t find him. He was discovered 2 weeks later by a villager, wandering through the Jungle, alone and delirious with the entire country’s foreign currency reserves in 2 suitcases.
e0bVn TIL of decision fatique, that feeling when you’re overly stressed by the endless amount of decisions you’ve had to make throughout the day - from what to eat for lunch to more complicated decisions that involve our emotional, financial, and physical well-being.
xVpw1 TIL a European group is using back-breeding in attempts to re-introduce the aurochs, a forerunner of all modern cattle which has been extinct since 1627.