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TIL that chiggers don't actually burrow under your skin, but instead drink your liquified skin through a straw they make out of dead skin cells.

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nemeB TIL former Ugandan president Idi Amin called himself: "His Excellency, President for Life... Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular", in addition to his claim of being uncrowned King of Scotland.
dkmB TIL Hamburg has begun implementing a 20-year plan to become a car-free city, eliminating automobiles entirely across Germany’s second-largest city in favor of public transit, pedestrian and bike paths
7roBx TIL that originally (up until 1804) electors could cast two votes for two different U.S. candidates for President, and the first runner-up presidential candidate became Vice President to guard against electoral gamesmanship.
X0YeE TIL house cats are considered to be "semi-domesticated"
BrjVe TIL For the movie Star Wars, the sound designer for the Stormtrooper's blasters came up with the sound of the blaster during a family backpacking trip. He hit the guy-wire of an AM radio transmitter tower with a hammer and recorded the sound with a microphone close to the impact.