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TIL Mr. Balls, aka ‘Senor Testiculo,’ is a cancer awareness mascot in Brazil.

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6EErY TIL that a man Caligula recalled from exile told the emperor that he had been praying for the death of the previous emperor, Tiberius. After considering this, Caligula concluded that all the people he had exiled must therefore be praying for his own death, so he had them executed en masse.
wLB9o TIL Panama hats were never made in Panama and instead originated from Ecuador
NWR8 TIL The original Bill of Rights was to consist of 12 Amendments. However, the states only ratified Articles 3-12. Article 2 was ratified in 1992, and Article 1 is still pending to this day.
VM5mD TIL of Radiotrophic Fungus, originally found in Chernobyl, that utilize Melanin to turn Gamma radiation into Chemical Energy. Similar to how plants use Chlorophyll to turn sunlight into Energy.
woYEY TIL time seems to only flow in one direction at the macroscopic level but that is not the case at the microscopic level. This phenomenon is known as the "arrow of time paradox" and it's one of the many unsolved problems in physics.