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TIL most toilets flush in E-flat.

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45oX TIL the ancient Babylonians worked out that there are solar eclipses that occur 18 years, 11 days, and 8 hours apart. This period, 223 lunar cycles, is called the Saros cycle. The 1999 eclipse and this year’s eclipse are Saros cycle solar eclipses.
GAkPj TIL On Christmas Eve 1969, Francisco Macias Nguema had 186 suspected dissidents executed in the national football stadium in Malabo with the executioners dressed as Santa Claus, with the amplifiers played Mary Hopkin's song "Those Were the Days".
PdMe TIL That a bear cub named Tahoe was found crying and hugging her dead mother and the rescuer, told by authorities to leave her alone, decided to save the cub instead.
9drQ TIL Abraham Lincoln was reported to be “fond of dumb animals, especially cats.”
nNKo TIL that Psy last Gangnam Style proformance is New Years eve because blood clots are forming in his legs from his Gangnam dance