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TIL: We still make medications from extracts of human urine

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d8NVZ TIL that the back vocals on Money for Nothing is by Sting
WkWaA TIL that the plot of the 2019 film "Joker" was inspired by the real life 1984 NYC Subway shooting. The depiction of the Joker is partially based on Bernard Goetz, who shot and wounded 4-teenagers after being allegedly harassed for money.
R7Dkj TIL that the last official sword duel took place in France on the 21st of April 1967 because a parliament member called the mayor of Marseille “a dumbass” during a parliament conference
Y79pr TIL: The metalhead gesture of making the “devil horns” is actually an apotropaic gesture, which is a superstitious sign to ward off evil spirits and not glorifying the “devil’s music”
7rPrZ TIL there is an all-female anti-poaching combat unit in Zimbabwe called Akashinga ("the brave ones")