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TIL that the earth goddess in Slavic was known as “Mother (Moist) Earth” and followers would prevent plague by digging a furrow around a village and shrieking.

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E1vk0 TIL in 1967 the Beatles paid for a full page advert in The Times calling for the legalisation of marijuana
j50Q TIL Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has been reduced significantly since parents have been putting babies to sleep on their backs only.
BrjDe TIL that K2 has no local name: the British Great Trigonometrical Survey of India tried to use local names for mountains where possible, but discovered that K2 was so isolated that no one had a name for it
YxmP TIL Nearly every military operation the US has been involved in since World War II has been a joint operation with Canada. In many cases, Canada refused to officially support the conflicts, such as the War in Iraq, but continued to supply intelligence equipment and personnel.
YpEZP TIL that the American Red Cross has updated their rules about who can donate blood, now allowing MSM, women who have sex with MSM, and former IV drug users to donate when they had been banned in the past.