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Today I learned that the State University of Arizona conducted a study based on the Ministry of Silly Walks Monty Python sketch, and found that "Had an initiative to promote inefficient movement been adopted in the early 1970s, we might now be living among a healthier society"

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NaY8 TIL that the Netherlands voted “Swaffelen” as their word of the year in 2008. It means to repeatedly smack one’s penis against someone or something.
VBELp TIL that a mild fever can actually be helpful - it’s your body’s way of trying to kill the virus/bacteria that’s infecting you by heat
N798P TIL of Clement Vallandigham, the congressman who accidentally shot himself in court while trying to demonstrate that the death of a man was accidental suicide, rather than murder. (He won the case, but also died.)
1aaaW TIL that Budweiser is actually a stolen name from a Czech brewery in the city of Budvar (Budweiss) and they’ve been fighting over it since 1907.
PPOg TIL that in India there is a Guardian Angels-style vigilante group that protects young couples who fall in love across different castes.