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TIL a grand total of 2121 nuclear tests were conducted by various countries around the world from 1945 with an estimated 515 MEGATONS of yield, but no nuclear winter ever recorded

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mjPM TIL that in the late 80s, a mass moral panic swept across the US where many daycare providers were accused of ritual Satanic sexual abuse, with dozens jailed based solely on children’s testimony, who were coached by psychologists.
l7767 TIL Inuit choral music in Inuktitut language was published for the first time in 2021 by a music teacher in Nunavut with a PhD in ethnomusicology
4X0O5 TIL that up until 2013, a woman living in Paris, France could, in theory, be arrested for wearing pants (trousers) without authorization! This was the result of a forgotten local ordinance from 1800, which was abrogated on the spot for violation of gender equality.
w4O1 TIL that there used to be a popular children’s game called “mumblety-peg.” Children would compete to see who could throw a knife into the ground closer to their own feet. The loser had to pick his knife out of the ground with his teeth. Impaling your foot was an automatic win.
Jkvk TIL that there was a parrot named Alex, who was the first and only animal ever to ask a self-aware question