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TIL: Tattoo removal is so difficult because macrophages keep eating and storing the ink!

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XEZOE TIL that in 1985, a Colombian girl was trapped in a volcanic mudflow, and was trapped up to her waist. She was mostly alert and was interviewed. Knowing she would die, volunteers and rescuer did their best to comfort her. She died after 60 hours, and her photo became iconic.
78Or7 TIL At one point in the 1980s, China had an estimated 400,000 Esperanto speakers, and the language was taught at a number of universities. Now there is only one Chinese college Esperanto program left
R5jMj TIL Catholic priest and suspected serial killer, Hans Schmidt, was executed via electric chair at Sing Sing Prison on Feb 18 1916. He was found guilty for killing his pregnant mistress, drinking her blood, and dismembering her. Also, ran a counterfeiting ring with his lover NYC dentist, Ernest Muret
wLr1M TIL about the Guangxi Massacre during China's cultural revolution, where hundreds of people were cannibalized and barbecued out of hatred and tens of thousands more were murdered.
wpeJ TIL there’s a conspiracy theory that Belgium doesn’t exist