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TIL 77 million Americans are served by water systems that violate testing requirements or rules about contamination in drinking water

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rRmlo TIL a secret vault was discovered in a long-abandoned maternity home run by nuns... it contained the remains of 800+ toddlers
Ra99 TIL That the Greeks believed male sperm was the source of courage, and hence practiced Pederasty, a sexual relationship between an adult mentor and a teenage boy, with the permission of the boy’s father.
GAmK1 TIL Quisling is a term used in English to mean a citizen or politician of an occupied country who collaborates with an enemy occupying force – or more generally as a synonym for traitor or collaborator. The word originates from surname of the Norwegian war-time leader Vidkun Quisling.
4klmX TIL in 2017 researchers hoping to study how various scavengers disrupt human remains set up a camera trap fully expecting to only see images of foxes, raccoons, coyotes, & various birds. However, they ended up capturing the first known photographic evidence of a deer gnawing on human remains.
BbDW TIL Watch companies have an “official time” at which every watch is set before being photographed. Timex watches are always set to 10:09:36, while Rolex watches are always set to 10:10:31 on Monday the 28th.