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Til: There used to be real human remains in Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride

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7r9yP TIL of the frog galvanoscope. The first electrical voltage testers were made by using a frog's leg with the sciatic nerve still attached and connecting two points on the leg to a potential electrical source.
dNEd TIL that John Rabe, although being part of the Nazi party, saved over 200,000 Chinese people from certain death by Japanese armed forces in WW2
RD7w TIL in the province of Ontario, ‘inserting an instrument, hand, or finger beyond the labia majora’ is a controlled act requiring one to be licensed as a physician
0dgGv TIL that if you sing "I did it my way" poorly a karaoke bar in the Philippines, someone might kill you. It has happened six times so far.
Oon57 TIL residents of a UK housing estate installed special pink lights that highlight skin blemishes and acne to discourage teenagers from gathering there & causing trouble.