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TIL that 5,500 unexploded bombs from WWII are discovered in Germany each year

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9Y4EX TIL muskrats are considered legally fish by the Catholic diocese of southeast Michigan, allowing them to be eaten on Fridays during Lent. When asked about the ruling the local bishop wrote that "anyone who could eat muskrat was doing penance worthy of the greatest of the saints."
pY1LN TIL that during a 19th-century smallpox outbreak, Mi’kmaq healers used tea from the purple pitcher plant to treat patients—and British doctors later confirmed it actually worked.
mbWY TIL that until World War II most US groceries, dry cleaners, drugstores, and department stores offered home delivery service. War-related labor shortages, and gas/tire rationing, caused most to stop; businesses found, however, that sales increased when customers had to buy in person.
5Vek9 TIL Despite the poetic and historical romance which surrounds sending messages in bottles, most sink to the ocean floor within 8-10 months if they haven't already landed ashore due to marine organisms which grow on the bottles, causing them to sink.
jkj TIL it’s a common prank in Japan to shove your fingers into someones ass. It’s called Kancho