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TIL that the Cagots were a persecuted minority with unknown origins in France and Spain who had no genetic, language, or cultural differences to the overall population

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oBxG8 TIL that Wendigo psychosis is a disorder, historically reported among native peoples in Canada, in which a person feels the need to consume human flesh. In 1878, a man suffering from it named Swift Runner killed and ate his family despite food supplies being available at a nearby outpost.
78RXb TIL some flags are designed with different images on the front and back, sometimes due to heraldic, manufacturing and legal constraints
x6y5D TIL in 2001 Snoop Dogg was in a hardcore porn mixing 6 music videos & 5 porn scenes. It was such a success it topped charts for adult sales two weeks & became first hardcore porn on Billboard's music video sales chart. Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle set a trend where Hip-Hop artists advertised through porn
1Xe7 TIL that a wedding ring is placed on the left ring finger because in ancient times, people used to believe that this was the only finger where a vein connected straight to the wearer’s heart. This vein was named ‘vena amoris’, the vein of love.
OGa0g TIL there is a type of hungarian food called 'Hitlerszalonna' ... is it Kosher tho?