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TIL of Jhatka, a Hinduist butchering practice according to which an animal must be killed suddenly with a single blow, and "the animal must not be scared or shaken in any way before the slaughter".

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VMPM8 TIL that the Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates based all of his theories on superficial observations like texture, colors, and symptoms. Human dissection was considered taboo in Ancient Greece until Alexandrian physicians began dissecting cadavers in the third century B.C.
oQM7 TIL the actress who played Padma Patil in the Harry Potter films was beaten and threatened with death by her family for dating outside her religion
gMPy8 TIL there’s a museum in Japan for rocks that look like faces
eMXn TIL that Christine Maggiore, AIDS skeptic who wrote the book “What if Everything You Thought You Knew About AIDS Was Wrong?” ultimately died from AIDS-related pneumonia.
b9LdQ TIL Martin Pistorius, a man who woke up from a 12 year coma during which he remembered everything that happened around him.