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TIL the YouTuber Jacksepticeye used to be in a metal band called "Raised to the Ground"

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dDWbZ til that asylums and institutions existed into the 90s where people inside were given hepatis on purpose by staff, where they were left and often abandoned by their parents
Z8dxo TIL that German renaissance painter Albrecht Dürer's father came from Hungary and was originally named Albrecht Ajtósi, and since Ajtósi means "doormaker", Dürer (originally spelled Türer) is the German translation of that name in Nuremburg dialect.
6Eg7Q TIL of compersion - the secondhand rush of happiness you feel when seeing somebody else do well.
woVKJ TIL of COCONUTS-2b, a giant gas planet that takes over 1 million years to orbit around its star
v1dYK TIL 'Plankton' is not a single species, but is instead an umbrella term used to refer to any lifeform that drifts with the ocean currents, including microorganisms like bacteria and algae, as well as larger creatures like jellyfish.