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TIL there’s a lake in Senegal with bright pink water

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wLyJJ TIL Jewish people are not allowed to pray at their holiest site, in order to prevent tensions with Muslims.
M74Pm TIL much of Europe’s claims to carbon neutrality is burning freshly cut wood imported from the Americas in old Coal Plants
91em TIL Some fleas in a Flea Circus were glued to a base of a circus enclosure. Miniature musical instruments were then glued to the flea performers and the enclosure was heated. The fleas fought to escape, giving the impression of fleas playing instruments.
Ko64 TIL: No insurance company will underwrite Jackie Chan’s productions. As such he personally trains his own stuntmen and pays their medical bills out of his own pocket. (Last paragraph)
nWp4P TIL Pope Pius 11( Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini) was a published author before he became a pope. One of his books is rather eyebrow raising, in light of his future career choice. That book, The Tale of Two Lovers, is quite salacious and full of erotic imagery.