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TIL adult diapers outsell baby diapers in Japan.

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MeX50 TIL that when Parker pens entered the Mexican market, their slogan of ‘‘It won’t leak in your pocket and embarrass you’’ was mistranslated and so the ad read: “It won’t leak in your pocket and make you pregnant.”
Br91b TIL John Brown, in 1859, was the first person to be executed for treason in the United States
9OAD TIL a European hare can run at 37 body lengths per second, whereas a cheetah can only run 23.
Wo0X TIL Ryan Gosling gained 60lbs for The Lovely Bones by drinking melted Haagen Daz ice cream. He was fired for being too fat and replaced by Mark Wahlberg
BXrK TIL They used to use urine to tan animal skins. Families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day sell it to the tannery. If you had to do this to survive you were considered “Piss Poor”.