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TIL The entire world's population could fit inside Los Angeles

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b9lra TIL the creation of public drinking fountains in the US was supported by the Temperance Movement to stop people from drinking alcohol.
yQKWa TIL Hippos can sleep underwater using a reflex that allows them to bob up, take a breath, and sink back down without waking up.
R5VNw TIL Viagra was originally designed for heart problems until trials found that men who took it were getting more erections.
grOR4 TIL that the government of Imperial Japan persecuted Haiku poets in 1940-41, arresting 40 people of which two died from ill treatment during their incarceration.
pjpb TIL of the steamship Eastland, which, in 1915, capsized while still tied to the dock in Chicago. New safety laws which rushed through Congress after the Titanic sinking mandated so much safety gear installed that the ship was top heavy and rolled over, killing 844 people.