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TIL that erotic automaton pocket watches were a fad in the day.

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1argd TIL Saint Francis of Assisi believed that nature itself was the mirror of God. He called all creatures his "brothers" and "sisters", and even preached to the birds.
6OJX TIL that radioactive wild boars are wreaking havoc in towns nearby the Fukushima nuclear power plant, causing an estimated $15million in damage.
78Eep TIL in the final years of his life, Harry Houdini spent substantial time and energy targeting 'spiritualists' who claimed they could read minds or communicate with the dead. Houdini saw this as an unethical branch of his profession that manipulated people vulnerable with grief.
NBR1 TIL in 2009 Kashmir, when 18-year old Rukhsana Kauser saw her parents being beaten as part of a forced marriage proposal by a militia commander, she killed one militant with an axe, gunned the commander down, then started a 4 hour gun battle with the militia.
1a67d TIL Iron-deficiency anemia is the most common and widespread nutritional disorder in the world, and in India alone it affects more than 600 million people