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TIL That ringworm isn't actually a worm but a type of dermatophytes fungi and includes Athlete's foot and Jock Itch as well

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NXXj1 TIL Aztecs felt a responsibility to sacrificed everyday, letting blood and cutting hearts to keep the sun in motion. Those sacrificed thought they would come back as hummingbirds.
oRYgR TIL that millipedes and are not insects, they are a category all on their own. Millipedes belong to the class Diplopoda, while insects belong to the class Insecta.
p8PyA TIL that in 1710, almost 100 years before the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Native American leaders traveled to Great Britain to meet the Queen.
jNroM TIL that When a Nebraska church exploded in 1950, no one was injured because every single member of the choir was coincidentally late in arriving for practice that evening
ynk8 TIL after the 2012 earthquake in Italy damaged €110,000,000 worth of Parmigiano cheese, world-renowned chef Massimo Bottura spread the word on social media how to easily make Risotto. As a result, almost all the cheese was utilized and the company didn’t have to lay off a single employee.