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TIL that in Bulgarian legends, it is said that if you walk beneath a rainbow, you will change genders

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7rdEr TIL about the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, built on the site of "S-21," one of at least 150 torture and execution centers established by the Khmer Rouge. Of the estimated 20,000 people who were imprisoned at Tuol Sleng, there are only twelve known survivors.
W7JMd TIL That the factions of the first democratic German parliament, were named after the hostelries at which they met - e.g. Café Milani
OG6bX TIL Atum/Atem/Atoum/Tem (to complete or to finish) in Egyptian mythology created the sibling deity couple Shu (peace, lions, air and wind) and Tefnut (moisture, moist air, dew, rain) through various means: spitting them out of his mouth, masturbation or "made union with his shadow"
6EEDY TIL the revolutionary Sega Model 2 arcade system used 3D texture mapping directly licensed from Lockheed Martin, which had developed the technology for use in military flight simulators
l7oQ7 TIL that certain parts of the German Autobahn were built to be rapidly transformed into NATO warplane landing strips