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TIL that water in Lake Erie replaces itself in 2.6 years while the water in Lake Superior takes 191 years to do the same.

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Evpx TIL Cannabis plants (and corn and sunflower) are being used to decontaminate the radioactive soil around Chernobyl.
ADPrB TIL colored toilet paper used to be popular in the U.S. until the 80s. It was colored to better match different bathroom decors. It is still widely used in France today.
5Vm4r TIL: The president of France is the co-prince of Andorra.
6EMW8 TIL: Grindr, a popular gay dating app, was owned by the Chinese.
NNBN TIL that the Soviet Union had a children’s program at 8:30 every weeknight that would end with a lullaby at 9:00 telling kids it’s time to go to bed. This program still airs to this day in Russia.