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TIL about "nam man prai" - a necromantic oil made from corpses, preferably of those who died a violent death (murder, car accident etc). These oils can be used for a variety of purposes, including tattoos.

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Lald TIL by the age of 13, legendary jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, won the weekly amateur contest at the Apollo Theater so many times that he was eventually barred from entering.
VMpd0 TIL Leonhard Euler was the most prolific mathematician of all time. He wrote more than 500 books and papers during his lifetime — about 800 pages per year — with 400 further publications appearing posthumously. His collected works and correspondence are still not completely published
Vrvk TIL that the Nazi’s were staunch animal rights activists with major efforts to limit hunting and general animal cruelty. Göring, in particular, was a professed animal lover who proclaimed bans on both vivisection(Nazi Germany was the first country in the world to do so) and the shoeing of horses.
8jBa TIL a 14-year-old, who died in 2016, was at the centre of a bitter legal row between her parents over her desire to be frozen after her death until there was a possibility of bringing her back to life. After writing a letter to a High Court judge, her wish was granted.
Oop5Y TIL that the dolly from the Island of Misfit Toys was intended to represent mental illness. Although she appeared to be fine physically, she suffered from depression and low self-esteem due to previously being abandoned.