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TIL Seattle has a lower rate of child Polio vaccination than Rwanda.

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p8vBb TIL bottled water brands Perrier, S. Pellegrino and Vittel are all owned by the same company, Nestle. In total Nestle sells water under 50 different brands, including Poland Spring and Zephyrhills.
W79yN TIL male kangaroos have two penises that sit below the balls, females have 3 vaginas, and in the process of trying to find out why/ how this works, I learned echidnas have 4 penises but only 2 can get hard at once (wtf even is nature!?)
yn6V TIL it’s faster and more efficient to cook pasta in a frying pan.
76Xx TIL The Hindu god Shiva has long been linked to cannabis. Shiva came and drank the poison created by the cosmic ocean, but over time it made him so hot he needed to be cooled down. Marijuana is supposed to be a coolant – so it is said that Shiva smokes weed to keep his body temperature down.
QJm8k TIL that the famous Nokia ringtone was taken from Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea's Gran Vals