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TIL there were people who 'danced themselves to death' in 1518

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vPee8 TIL that the earth core has two massive blobs called “large low-velocity provinces” that are likely remnants of a ancient planet that hit earth billions of years ago
JYEEB TIL Jennifer Lopez was not too pleased with her South Park portrayal, getting mad and firing people from the set of one of her films because they kept reciting lines and lyrics from the episode ('Ooh tacos, I love tacos...' ) and the song "Taco-Flavoured Kisses"
oAxE TIL that Hugh Thompson, Jr. saw US soldiers murdering entire villages of unarmed civilians. He landed his helicopter and stood between the murders and the civilians. His actions are what stopped the massacre at My Lai.
b9r17 TIL there’s a single word for spirits/angels/deities whose job is to escort the dead to the afterlife. “Psychopomp”
rRjJy TIL that even though the Dodge brothers weren’t Jewish, they used the Star of David as the original logo for the automotive company, not in spite of the anti-Semitic Henry Ford.