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TIL that Sweden has the Easter Wizard and not the Easter Bunny, due to a language misunderstanding

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ypDV TIL in the 19th century Human Zoos (zoos that displayed humans) were quite popular. The last one was closed in 1958; oddly, the first person to ban them was Hitler.
nWdYG TIL Neil Harbisson, the world's first ever recognized "Cyborg", uses a cybernetic implant to hear colors through learned perfect pitch. His device has different constraints than our eyes and allows him to "hear" colors that are outside the visible spectrum, like infrared and ultraviolet!
ywoa TIL there is a salt dumping ground in Germany that has formed an actual mountain and is poisoning the surrounding environment.
bej9 TIL Kowloon Walled City once existed in Hong Kong with an estimated population density of 3,250,000 people per square mile. No laws or rules governed the city and had the highest rates of prostitution, gambling, and drug use. Video documentary in comments.
PYYNe TIL 'Octopusues' is the grammatically correct plural for more than one octopus