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TIL that between 1962–1965, the largest brain-eating amoeba outbreak killed 16 people in Czechoslovakia after a swimming pool was shortened, creating warm stagnant water — it took years to identify the source

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VBXYZ TIL a Japanese man went to the Philippines to get crucified, he claimed to be a devout catholic but was actually a sadomasochist.
b9pJE TIL Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine. However, as it turned out, it was merely a marketing scheme.
Z8YyG TIL that in the 1650s the Holy Roman Emperor allowed the Lutherans to build three churches. Petulantly, he stipulated that the churches be constructed in one year using only wood, straw and loam. In response, the Lutherans constructed the ornate Churches of Peace, now UNESCO world heritage sites.
a8xkL TIL There is a Mineral called Lonsdaleite which is 58% harder than conventional Diamonds
rR9Q4 TIL a small town in southern Kyoto, Japan has a yearly festival and monument next to a shrine dedicated to Thomas Edison. He used the bamboo from the town Yawata for his filament in the lightbulbs which increased the use time from 40 hours to 1,000