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TIL That Scotland has over 400 words for snow in Gaelic ( Scotland's Native Language)

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0wA7R TIL that in 17th-century Poland, wet bread mixed with spider webs was used to cure wounds. It may sound stupid, but it work, as the bread contained fungal spores, including penicillin and naturally produced antibiotic substances.
8eY4 TIL During the filming of the first shower scene in “American Psycho”, all of the women on set gathered around to watch Christian Bale wash himself.
XE1o6 TIL that only two countries in the world comprehensively tax the worldwide income of their citizens who reside abroad: Eritrea and the USA.
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YdQr TIL of an evolutionary rock-paper-scissors mechanism. Three variants of the Common Side-Blotched Lizard compete for mates; Orange males are adapted to steal mates from Blue males, who are adapted to steal mates from Yellow males, who in turn are adapted to steal mates from Orange males.