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TIL that pre-Hispanic Mexicans believed that gold deposits were divine diarrhea, the leavings of the sun-god Tonatiuh as he passed through the underworld each night.

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65BW TIL:The British Parliament still has a copy of the original American Declaration of Independence in its archives.
0wg8N TIL that Boric Acid, a common insecticide, is less toxic to humans than ordinary table salt
Wkv1A TIL The USAAF developed a copy of the V-1 flying bomb during WW2
b9ZKN TIL In 1867, a jar was found in Paris containing a human rib among other artifacts, and a label claiming that they belonged to Joan of Arc. Tests conducted in 2006 revealed that they came not from Joan of Arc, but an Egyptian mummy.
N76wP TIL that Heat Lightning isn’t an actual type of lightning. It’s the reflection of lightning on clouds from a thunderstorm so distant (and obscured by hills, mountains, curvature of the Earth, etc.) that we can no longer hear the accompanying sound.