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TIL On last day of filming in Nova Scotia Titanic’s cast and crew’s unknowingly ate Chowder Spiked with PCP.

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Bg0DL TIL In Japanese folklore there are ghosts that came and cut your hair in the middle of the night. They usually gave you a really bad haircut. They can sometimes do this as a warning that you're about to get married to a demon and they're protecting you.
mpGM TIL Herodotus wrote about fuzzy, dog sized ants living in India which dug up gold to build ant hills. For centuries, people assumed it was made up. In the 1990s, scientist discovered a fuzzy marmot living in India that digs up gold whenever it burrows.
dOEZ TIL that when Ferdinand Magellan prepared to sail around the world in 1519, he spent more money on sherry than on weapons.
1arjP TIL that Brazilian prisons offer to reduce the sentences of their prisoners by 4 days (up to 48 days/year) for every book they read and write a report on.
D1J6e TIL that during WW2, the British goverment sent out pamphlets to the public, which led to over 750,000 pets being euthanized.