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TIL that "eye of newt" is just a term for mustard seeds and that many of the other witches ingredients from Macbeth are also just other normal things labeled as something more sinister.

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Br8DL TIL that Ishinosuke Uwano, a WWII Japanese soldier who had been missing since 1958, was found alive in Ukraine aged 83. He’d been declared dead in 2000. He hadn't visited Japan in 60 years and had to enter the country on a Ukraine passport.
epk6k TIL that when Canada's Waterloo Lutheran University needed a new name in 1973, it renamed itself after Wilfrid Laurier. While the country's seventh prime minister had no connection with the school, the newly named Wilfrid Laurier University did not have to change its initials, WLU.
J1aWj TIL Grapes have gotten larger due to growth hormone and a technique applied to their vines
PeJg TIL that the genetic diversity of Cheetahs is so narrow that unrelated individuals can be as genetically similar as human identical twins
OoDba TIL of Ultimate Tazer Ball, a short lived sport with the intention of getting a large medicine ball into the opposing team’s goal. Every player was armed with a stun-gun used to stop opposing players from scoring.