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wow5Y TIL Legendary Hollywood actor Jimmy Stewart's final film role was the character "Wylie Burp" in the 1991 animated film, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West.
R58v1 TIL: The only town officially cursed and excommunicated by the Catholic Church is located in Spain
wL78o TIL that the Mosuo (a Chinese ethnic group) believe that long ago, dogs had life spans of 60 years and humans had life spans of 13 years, and humans traded their life span with the dogs in exchange for honouring them. During the adulthood initiation rites, adolescents pray before the family dogs
VMBM0 TIL that the Island of Tuvalu has its own religion
0dAnA TIL that using cool running water immediately on a child's burn injury was shown to reduce the odds of needing a hospital visit by 36% and a skin operation by 43%. However, many well know, folkloric burn treatments don't work well.