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TIL a Coastal Village In India has been making large boats for rich Arabs for over 1500 years. The boats are made from no written schematics.

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J18oQ TIL Freshwater snails carry a parasitic disease, which infects nearly 250 million people and causes over 200,000 deaths a year. The parasites exit the snails into waters, they seek you, penetrate right through your skin, migrate through your body, end up in your blood and remain there for years.
XEOJR TIL Norm Macdonald was fired from Saturday Night Live because an NBC executive ordered him to lay off jokes targeting his buddy, O.J. Simpson & instead Macdonald did many more. When Simpson was acquitted, Macdonald opened with: “Well, it’s official: Murder is now legal in the state of California."
GVQj TIL Shirley Temple’s mother took her to see Santa at the mall when she was young. The mall santa asked for her autograph, and this is when she stopped believing in Santa Claus
6EOB8 TIL that while some members of a K-pop group are singers or dancers, some members are given the role of being the group's "visual". This means that they fit Korean beauty standards the most. Sometimes these members are accused of not having any talent other than being good-looking.
7BrL TIL that a suitcase-sized EMP device is available for purchase for peaceful, commercial uses but requires no license to operate.