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TIL that Buddha’s “hair” is not actually hair, but 108 snails that gave up their lives to cover his head so that he does not suffer a heatstroke while meditating under a scorching sun.

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gr6kX TIL the train wreck scene in the movie The Fugitive, filmed with practical effects, is still laying in its aftermath positions and is a tourist spot in the Smoky Mountians
rRVZd TIL Crispbread has been baked in central Sweden since 500 AD. It was made as round wafers with a hole in the middle so the bread could be stored on sticks under the roof.
W7Jmd TIL Caxias do Sul, Brazil is home to a makeshift slum built specifically for stray dogs and cats housed by a animal rights group. With a population of 1000s, it mimics the conditions the country's most impoverished live in, even monetary restraints have caused problems with properly feeding them.
J1nEk TIL that actress Dame Margaret Rutherford's father killed his father by bludgeoning him to death with a chamberpot and was sent to a criminal lunatic asylum afterwards
8a4aZ TIL that there were once volcanic eruptions on the moon, which created the dark areas of rock that we can see with the naked eye.