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TIL that the Aztec religion recognised four hundred rabbit gods, which were believed to meet frequently for drunken parties

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PQbO TIL that the word “Jay” used to mean stupid, and was eventually applied to country folk, who were seen as unworldly. When these country folk, or Jays, came to the city, they didn’t understand traffic signals and crosswalks and crossed wherever and whenever they could. Thus, they were “jaywalking.”
neD9r TIL that Nosferatu makes a second appearance in Spongebob in a 2018 episode called “The Night Patty.” This is over 15 years after his first Spongebob appearance in “Graveyard Shift” and nearly 100 years after his first appearance in “Nosferatu.”
nrgB TIL There is a tribe in India that has passed down for generations the art of manipulating tree roots to create a system of “living” bridges.
7j7M TIL that after four weeks of testimony and over 70 witnesses, a jury in Memphis Tennessee found the United States Government guilty of conspiracy to assassinate Martin Luther King Jr. The King family, who filed the civil suit, was awarded $100.
9wJ6B TIL the American Military’s C-5 Galaxy is nicknamed FRED by aircrews for “Fucking Ridiculous Economic (or) Environmental Disaster”. Due to the C-5 using large amounts of fuel, maintenance, reliability, & cost of production.