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TIL that there is flood story that predates Noah’s Ark.

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Z8bZp Today I learned that the Flag of Amsterdam is meant to represent a triple cross of St Andrew's.
GYo9j TIL that Jedediah Smith, an explorer of the American West, survived a bear attack. The animal had smashed his ribs, torn off his scalp, and chewed one of his ears off. He calmly told a friend to sew his scalp and severed ear back on. After 10 days, he was again leading his expedition.
0wp65 TIL In 2002, after performing a full live set, Dream Theater did an encore cover of Metallica's "Master of Puppets." No, not the song. The entire album.
6ZXm TIL Strychnine poisoning can cause Opisthotonus, a severe spasm and contortion of the body that makes the person curl backwards.
4Xw6N TIL that during the Christmas of 1819, King George III - who by then was completely blind, increasingly deaf, had dementia, was in pain from rheumatism and suffering from another bout of insanity - spoke nonsense for 58 hours.