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TIL about the Ibadan forest of horror, in which peoples bodyparts were harvested to be sold for ritual sacrifice.

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R7n4w TIL James Smithson sent the US $500,000 (1.5% the federal budget) in the 19C to found an institution "for the creation and diffusion of knowledge." The Smithsonian is today the world's largest museum complex; all are free of charge and open to the public, and James Smithson never visited the US.
5V7oD TIL - Pope Leo XIII was the first Pope whose voice was recorded on audio. He also drank Vin Mariani, wine laced with cocaine
WEQL TIL that when you see something strange happening, but the software is telling you everything is fine, it’s called a “Mad Girlfriend Bug”
v1LWB TIL that Hitler was getting pig parts, cocaine and morphine injections sometimes several times a day
neEW9 TIL that the theme song from the movie Titanic, Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On,” was playing in the dining room of the Costa Concordia cruise ship just as she hit an underwater reef, which would eventually lead to her sinking.