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TIL Latin and Irish have no words for "yes" or "no"

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x6yP5 Today I learned that schizophrenics can tickle themselves.
ZlyY TIL that up to 150 of the worlds elite from politicians to academia, industry and the media have been meeting annually, behind closed doors, at Bilderberg conferences since 1954.
QJXre TIL Sharks love heavy metal because the low-frequency vibrations are similar to the sounds made by struggling fish
wopAE TIL that honeybees have five eyes. They have two large compound eyes and three smaller simple eyes on top of their heads, which help them navigate and detect light.
PL4J TIL Henry VIII had someone who’s job it was to wipe his bottom for him. They were called ‘Grooms of the Stool’ and Henry VIII had 4 of them during his reign, all of whom were knighted!