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TIL adult diapers outsell baby diapers in Japan.

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N7Gp8 TIL that peaches and nectarines are the same fruit. Nectarines simply have a recessive allele for smooth skin.
kGj5 TIL Teddy Roosevelt had his family crest tattoed across his chest
AVpo TIL Humans appeared 200,000 years ago. Written history begins 5,500 years ago. This means 97% of human history is lost forever.
Yp5dB TIL - In 1953 the US government did secret tests by dumping chemicals on Canadian cities. They pretended they were testing defensive technology, but in reality the tests were biological and chemical weapons.
x6VGB TIL about Bradford Bishop, who allegedly killed his wife, mother and three sons in 1976. Bishop was only removed from the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted List in 2018, due to his advanced age, and is still being pursued by the FBI, as there have been sightings of Bishop across Europe for 40 years.