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TIL of the Erfurt latrine disaster where nobles of the Holy Roman Empire drowned in liquid excrement

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ABQw TIL Scientists once had a favorite curb in Hayward, CA. They studied the curb because it lay on the Hayward fault line & was being pulled apart each year. This evidence of Earth’s shifting plates was observed from the 1970s till 2016 when the city decided to fix the sidewalk & unknowingly ruined it
ZbQo TIL “Old People Smell” is caused by a molecule called 2-Nonenal, which increases in your body as you age.
nvV7 TIL in 2011 a Russian man who attempted to rob a beauty salon was beaten into submission by the female owner, who is a black belt in karate, and kept as a sex slave for three days.
nGnY TIL people in South Africa dry, grind up, and roll cigarettes out of vulture brains because they think it will help them predict lottery numbers.
6E71X TIL the Code of Hammurabi decreed that bartenders who watered down beer would be executed.