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TIL that Japanese monks known as the Sokushinbutsu caused their own deaths through self-mummification, which they thought of as a form of enlightenment.

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JYQpQ TIL That in 1991 influential and bestselling hip-hop lyricist Ice-T was among the first rappers to express comments supportive of the LGBT community
rRWyW TIL that in Mexico, Belgium, Germany, and Austria, the act of escaping from jail is not illegal in and of itself, because it's human nature to want to escape
P9le TIL in 1978 pilot Frederick Valentich and his plane disappeared after being chased by a UFO. His last words were “the strange aircraft is hovering on top of me again. It is hovering and it’s not an aircraft.”
XnJ8 TIL the rabies virus has been known to cause a man to uncontrollably ejaculate up to 30 times a day.
gM7L4 TIL in the US in the late 19th Century it was briefly fashionable for people to form "13 Clubs" where they would dine in groups of 13, walk under ladders, spill salt at the table, etc. to demonstrate their lack of superstition. Several future US Presidents participated.