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TIL people used to carve turnips for Halloween, not pumpkins

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vae8 TIL when the CDC found that having a gun in your home made it more likely that you would be murdered, the Congress, lobbied by the NRA, effectively banned further federal studies of gun violence.
OaNL TIL these little bumps are actually very normal, common and harmless and they’re called “Fordyce’s spot.” Link is possibly NSFW.
Y9ad TIL Isaac Newton’s Principia Mathematica contained a simple calculation error that went unnoticed for 300 years.
0g9y TIL Thelma Schoonmaker, Martin Scorsese’s editor for the last 44 years, doesn’t read the script before she edits one of Martin Scorsese’s movies. This is done so she will have “a cold and objective point of view.” She has edited every one of Scorsese’s movies since “Raging Bull.” (item #23)
ANKA7 TIL that in Germany there are nude hiking trails, hiking trails that are specifically designated for nude hiking. They are marked with signs or symbols indicating that nudity is allowed or even encouraged