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TIL Mall of America is owned by Canadians

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9YQAD TIL that until the 1890s, there were people in Britain whose job was being a village’s “sin eater.” When someone died, you paid a sin eater to come over and eat a 'funeral biscuit' that had been placed on the dead body, taking on their sin in the process.
eva6 TIL in large 16th Century kitchens a now extinct breed of dog was placed on a giant wheel and used to turn meat. It was viewed as a utensil rather than as a pet.
Eg0aW TIL actor Brian Blessed, known for many over the top roles, helped to deliver a baby in a park in the 1960's. He even bit through the umbilical cord!
xV1Z7 TIL of the Bitter electromagnet, the strongest example of which produces a field 9 times stronger than an MRI machine, consuming almost 10% of a nuclear power station’s output to do so. Smaller versions were used to levitate frogs.
XaP TIL Evel Knievel has the record for “most bones broken in a lifetime” with 433.