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TIL that most sewers are just small pipes, and not spacious, cave-like tunnels.

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0dYv TIL that Fred Phelps, the head of the Westboro Baptist Church quoted an article from The Onion as proof that homosexuals were actively trying to “recruit” others.
RO98 TIL that a billionaire announced he would bury a $500,000 Bentley for the afterlife “just as pharaohs did with possessions”. After criticism, he revealed that it was a stunt. People bury more valuable things – “what’s absurd is burying your organs, which can save you many lives.” Be an organ donor.
x6LZ5 TIL that Canada has about twice as many Costcos versus the US on a per capita basis.
epbJ TIL a Nigerian man was “raped to death” at knife point when 5 of his 6 wives became jealous and forced him to have a “marathon sex session”
R7Yw4 TIL that due to dark chicken meat being disliked in the US, they export it to other countries that do prefer it such as Russia. Their trade with Russia began in 1991 after the fall of the USSR. The chicken legs became so popular that they're nicknamed "Bush legs" after then President Bush Sr.