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TIL: Cat burning was a form of entertainment in 17th century France; people used to gather dozens of cats in a net and hoist them high into the air from a special bundle onto a bonfire

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9gWr TIL that in 1518 there was an unexplained event called “Dancing Plague” in Strasbourg, in which 400 people danced for days without rest, some until they died.
XOmQ TIL Africa is bigger than the USA, China, India, Europe and Japan combined. Pretty hard to tell just by looking at a map. This one really puts it into perspective!
N70D1 TIL At one point, the Beatles album "Revolver" was going to be named "After Geography", a pun on the Rolling Stones album "Aftermath".
knDg TIL Shaquille O'Neal is a Freemason
1aYPd TIL that Placenta is a flat cake from ancient Greece and Rome consisting of many dough layers interspersed with a mixture of cheese and honey. It is flavoured with bay leaves, baked and then covered in honey. The temporary fœtal organ was named after this cake thanks to its flat round shape.