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TIL During El Nino events there is less planetary angular momentum and days are slightly longer due to the mass of the atmosphere.

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err6 TIL: Hitler was a creepy uncle to his Niece Geli Raubal, forbidding her to marry, having her accompanied everywhere and practically keeping her prisoner until she committed suicide in 1931, after which Hitler called her “The only woman he ever loved”
wLaP6 TIL about Nábrók or necropants … a pair of pants made from human skin worn by icelandic witches. It's unsure if they were a real thing or just folklore.
949G TIL that hundreds of years ago, most surgeries were performed by barbers (yes, the folks who cut hair) and that physicians felt that performing surgery was beneath them.
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ngW7 TIL the black edges on traditional black forest ham are caused by the ham being dipped in cow blood prior to cooking