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TIL that May 14 is the feast day of St. Corona. She is the patron saint of butchers. Austrian farmers used to pray to her for protecting their livestock from contagious diseases.

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kvk4 TIL That “The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is listed by the Guinness Book of Records as the hardest tongue twister in the world.
j6BWj TIL when the emperor of Japan announced the surrender at the end of WW2 he did it in extremely formal and archaic words, the equivalent of an English speaker using Shakespearean language
Enad TIL that there is currently no anti-venom for coral snake bites because Pfizer didn’t find it profitable enough.
Oa6Y TIL 3 pacifists (all over age of 57) breached the defenses of a site that houses 100 tons of nuclear material, to paint antiwar slogans on buildings. The lapse in security at what is “supposed to be one of the world’s most secure facilities” was described by Steven Chu as “deeply troubling.”
v1lJ4 TIL of gyotaku, the Japanese art of “fish-printing” where actual fish are prepped and painted with ink, then pressed on to paper. It originated as a way for fishermen to record their catches and is still practised today.