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TIL that tattoos are permanent because your body is constantly fighting to get rid of the ink, which actually traps it under your skin.

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4VoJ TIL:The phrase “In the Limelight” actually comes from the theater spot lights that used a torch to burn quicklime.
Bge9W TIL in Medieval Christian art sometimes depicts Christ as the grapes in a winepress, his blood flowing as wine
1MOD TIL 9% of school-aged children are diagnosed with ADHD and medicated in the US, compared with 0.5% in France. The discrepancy comes from differences in treatment. France found that changing social context, not prescribing drugs, mitigated the behavioural problems in the majority of cases.
Wdd4 TIL no spiders in Australia have actually killed anyone in over 30 years.
QJ1a TIL the sequel to “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” involves Wonka and the Buckets narrowly escaping death at the hands(?) of vicious aliens in a government-funded space hotel and traveling into Hell (AKA Minusland) to save Grandma Georgina.