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TIL, people in medieval times used to sniff their own farts to ward off plagues. The air was thought to be dangerous, so strong smells were believed to repel infection.

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jNOkN TIL that in 2004 a burglar broke into the house of a 73 years old grandma, who instead of calling the cops, offered him food and a glass of milk, pray for him and even shared family photos with the burglar. Later when he fell asleep the grandma called her daughter who then called the cops
NxmQ TIL Mattel made and sold Wonder Woman’s “invisible jet” as a collectible. The package was an empty plastic shell with nothing inside, and was originally intended as an April Fool’s joke. It now sells for several hundred dollars.
woZd8 TIL that sexologist Shere Hite, bestselling author of 'The Shire Report on Female Sexuality' (1976), was the model for both girls on the poster for the James Bond movie 'Diamonds are forever'.
ep096 TIL that the founder of the Paneuropean Union, the oldest European unification movement, was the Austrian-Japanese politician, philosopher, and count Richard Nikolaus Eijiro. His wartime politics and adventures served as the real life basis for fictional Resistance hero Victor Laszlo.
naDb TIL… In 1977, a 23-year old graduate student stumbled upon a compound with effects similar to heroin. He made a bunch and shared it with his friends to get high, except the batch he made was contaminated with a toxic byproduct that left them all with debilitating Parkinson’s Disease within a week.