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TIL the Aghori is a Hindu Shaivite monastic order, who's practices focus on breaking taboos, and rejecting purity. They include living in cemeteries, smearing cremation ashes on their bodies, making items from bones, meditating on corpses, and even having sex in the presence of corpses.

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Z8vEG TIL: Captain Cook experimentally, & successfully, used sauerkraut, fermented cabbage, to combat scurvy in his crew, caused by a lack of vitamin C due to poor ship diets on long sea voyages
d85Gr TIL that NASA once fixed its Mars rover by ordering to hit itself with a shovel after it got stuck trying to dig a 15-inch heat-measuring probe
R7VOj TIL that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles initially started off as a single-issue self-published parody by its two creators, parodying Daredevil and similar comics. It slowly but surely achieved mainstream recognition after it was noticed by a licensing agent, and became a major bestselling success.
JYnYl TIL that in 1924, two brilliant and wealthy young men murdered 14 year old boy just to see if they could get away with the gruesome act. One of them was traced by authority from unique glasses, he dropped accidentally at site while hiding body.
1nWW TIL the Satanic Temple endorsed Republican Rick Scott for governor of Florida, saying “Satanists are happy to show their support of Rick Scott who… has reaffirmed our American freedom to practice our faith openly, allowing our Satanic children the freedom to pray in school.”