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TIL there is a French superstition that magpies are the reincarnated souls of evil nuns.

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VMGJQ TIL of the Interregnum period in Transjordan in 1920 where, for about a year, the region had no ruler or occupying power. Locals even wrote letters to nearby Sharif Hussein to send "one of his sons" to rule it.
JBpV TIL for every 1,000 Reddit votes you get, on average 10 come from folks with schizophrenia
x61Eo TIL that in 1894 an elephant in malaysia charged into a moving train to defend its herd. the train derailed and 2 people were killed.
VW8m TIL that during the Parsley Massacre, the Dominican soldiers would grab a parsley plant and ask what it was called. If the person couldn’t roll the R in the Spanish word (Perejil) they were executed. Up to 30,000 people might have been killed through that method.
Q9W6 TIL 22 years ago this week a Stardust Casino employee walked out of the hotel with $500,000 and was never seen again.