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TIL about World Hello Day, a Holiday created in the 70s to remind the world that conflicts should be resolved with communication. It is celebrated by verbally greeting 10 or more people.

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XE6LP TIL that in 1368, the town of Monção, Portugal was besieged by the Spanish. When food stocks were nearly gone, the locals were said to have thrown some fresh bread over the walls in a show of false confidence in their dwindling supplies. The disheartened invaders left.
Y7KdG TIL that in Roman legions, the legion's banker also had the dangerous responsibility of being the standard bearer on the battlefield.
gMrdX Depending on your beliefs (and luck), when you drop dead, a variety of things await what’s left of your handsome corpse. If you’re Christian, you might be put in a box, and your friends will come by to tell each other how great you look. Nobody said this when you were alive—but hey, take what you can get! Hindus are typically cremated, and if you’re a Jedi, you might meet a similar fate while surrounded by Ewoks.If you kick the bucket in certain parts of Mozambique, a wake of vultures might gather round and peck out your lifeless eyeballs. After devouring your eyes, these scavenging birds will most likely move on to your butt. Like Sir Mix-A-Lot—but for different reasons—vultures are preoccupied with the derriere. Vultures are just opportunists, and they naturally go after the soft spots first.National Geographic Explorer Jen Guyton is studying mammal ecology and conservation in Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. In this week’s Today I Learned, Guyton explains that vultures are eating more tush than usual due to loss of larger scavengers. Bon appétit!Click here to read more on why vultures are important.
JEMQ TIL men have better spacial cognition than women and can put together IKEA furniture with or without the manual faster than women using the manual. Women’s performance suffered greatly without the manual, but men’s performance showed no major difference with or without the manual.
rpgM TIL That the NHL “does not test for recreational drugs like cocaine or marijuana.”