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TIL that consuming too much nutmeg can alter your perception of reality

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N77XM TIL in 2009 Bon Iver hosted an overnight show in a cemetery in Hollywood. Everyone arrived at midnight, he DJed his favorite songs, they watched a Wes Anderson movie and Planet Earth, a group of buddhist monks performed a blessing, and then he played For Emma straight through at sunrise.
GYGwE TIL that this was the first ever video of Youtube
Z8dVY TIL Pangolin is neither cheap nor delicious. It is incredibly expensive and tastes awful.
ERVW TIL of Rupert Trimmingham, a black US Army soldier serving in WW2 who wrote a letter to the Army magazine about having to eat behind a train depot restaurant while German POWs were served inside in 1944, sparking support from other soldiers and contributing to the integration of the army in 1948.
MdNW TIL a mason in 1700’s Jerusalem left his wooden ladder behind after doing some work on a church and now it can’t be moved without the agreement and permission of six different Christian leaders.