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TIL that bush fires aren’t started on bushes, rather on loose twigs and sticks. Also they are normally started by humans or struck by nearby lightning

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nWNwW TIL in ancient Babylon, they worshiped the god Marduk via his statue. Enemy rulers who defeated Babylon would often take the statue. All five kings known to have taken the statue of Marduk from Babylon died violently at the hands of their own family members
aeGJ TIL when Hannibal Lecter said “I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti” it was a clue he was off his medications as none of those items can be consumed while on MAOIs, a drug given for various mental disorders
wo5n8 TIL that on the landing of the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, the ICAO organization that gives code letters for airports issued its first non-Earth code: JZRO.
RVEl TIL that the illusion of meeting your doppelganger and switching your consciousness back and forth is called ‘heautoscopy’, and the case studies are the creepiest thing ever.
XE1DD TIL When Taiwan's president in 1995, Lee Teng-hui, had stopped in Honolulu to refuel his plane, the U.S government refused to grant him a visa and forced him to spend the night on his plane. Lee later complained that he was "being treated as a second-class leader."