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TIL: Nazi doctor Josef Mengele's bones used in Brazil forensic medicine courses

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1la4 TIL that the concept of a zombie apocalypse is four thousand years old. In the heroic epic about him, Gilgamesh, the mythical king of Uruk spurned the advances of Ishtar, the goddess of fertility. She became enraged and threatened to “raise the dead who will outnumber the living and devour them.”
NnGM TIL that the fat part of a worm is called a clitellum. “The clitellum produces a ring-like band after a worm mates. The ring moves forward, collecting eggs, and slips over the worm’s head. As it slides off, the ends seal and form a cocoon. Baby worms hatch from this cocoon.”
JYxvk TIL of the Öland massacre, where an entire village was slaughtered and left where they fell for 1500 years. Into the modern era, children were warned to never play near it and the site lay undisturbed and out in the open
WmGA TIL that the seats and curtains in theatres are red because red is the first colour that is lost to our sight in low-light conditions, which thus makes the surroundings seem black and unobtrusive when watching a movie or performance
OGBeX TIL alcohol sales are prohibited in some parts of the US on Sunday due to "Blue laws" which originate from religious beliefs that people should not drink during the Sabbath. Due to separation between church and state, the reason was changed to "curbing excessive alcohol consumption".