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1aQV TIL the world’s oldest functioning light bulb was built in 1900 and is still burning.
OGLx4 TIL that the names for Wales, Walloonia, Cornwall, Gaul, and many more, are related via one proto-germanic word meaning "foreigner"
m1dyR TIL about the Macbeth superstition where if anyone says the name "Macbeth" outside of rehearsals or a performance in a theater, the production of the play will be cursed.
l9oA TIL there is a fish that causes hallucinations when eaten. In 2006, two men ingested it at a Mediterranean restaurant and began to experience numerous hallucinogenic effects. These hallucinations were described as frightening, and have occurred minutes after the fish was ingested and lasted 36 hours
wP8Y TIL a man was once so displeased with the treatment he received from his bank that he legally changed his name by deed to “Mr. Yorkshire Bank PLC are Fascist Bastards” so that every check he made out would have that message on it.