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TIL 17th century England had twerking ("Moulding Cockle Bread" dancing) and moral panics about twerking.

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KOl56 TIL that Cards Against Humanity joked about how they could have bought a small private island with the money they donated to charity. So in 2014 they did, renaming it “Hawaii 2”
VBAgG TIL: Glaciers and Volcanism have an inverse relationship. Throughout the volcanic record, eruptions dropped significantly as the planet cooled and ice expanded. Inversely, as our glaciers melt and erode the land beneath them, humans should expect to see more volcanic activity across the planet.
nev5G TIL: Hitler Plotted to Kill Churchill With Exploding Chocolate
GP4E TIL Icelandic has changed so little in the last 1,000 years that present-day Icelanders can read 12th Century texts without any difficulty.
GAL67 TIL During the battle of 5 de mayo most of the people of Puebla supported The French for the Restoration of the Mexican Empire