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TIL of the Hitler Teapot - a teapot that sold out at JC Penny stores once people noticed it resembled Hitler [Source]
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TIL : High Lithium levels in drinking water will lead to lower than expected suicide rates [Source]
SAGE Journals
The association between lithium in drinking water and neuropsychiatric outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis from across…
Background: Lithium in drinking water may have significant mental health benefits. We investigated the evidence on the association between lithium concentration...
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TIL about King Ludwig II of Bavaria, born in 1845 and often called "The Fairy Tale King." Unlike other monarchs obsessed with war and power, Ludwig was enchanted by dreams, music, medieval legends and solitude. He loved building castles, and without him, we wouldn’t have Neuschwanstein Castle. [Source]
Quelli che dicono che la vita non è un gioco sono quelli che si stanno divertendo più di tutti alle vostre spalle
Ho calcolato ogni singolo spazio in cui mettere le cose
Ma uomo io odio applicare la gestione
Ma uomo io odio applicare la gestione
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TIL Of Menocchio, a 16th century miller who was tried for heresy. He though religion was a fraud, didn't believe Jesus was a god and had his own cosmology, according to which "the world came from chaos, just like cheese comes from milk" and humans were like worms is the cosmic cheese [Source]
Weird Italy
The Cosmogony of a Sixteenth-Century Italian Miller | Weird Italy
A heresy trial held in Friuli, Italy in the sixteenth century brings to light the complex cosmogony and worldview of a miller who stunned the inquisitors.