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TIL about Speibecken. A basin for vomitting installed in men's washrooms at pubs in Germany.

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kJp95 TIL that the oldest surviving film "Roundhay Garden Scene" is from 1888. It is a 3 second clip of a family in a garden.
Br4ab TIL Officials in Athens, Greece conducted helicopter & satellite audits to determine less than 0.02% of residents claimed their pools to avoid paying taxes. Greeks consider not paying tax to be ‘Patriotic’, a nod to a time when they were ruled by the Ottoman Turks, almost 200 years ago.
m6gP TIL the first goalie mask worn in a NHL game wasn’t until a goalie took a puck to the face, got stitched up, and refused to return to the game unless he could wear a mask.
M7DX7 TIL in Mexico, alcohol sales are banned on election days, and sometimes several days before.
610Z TIL studies show that an increase in Facebook usage is heavily linked to decrease in satisfaction with your own life and higher liklihood of depression.