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TIL a man who was in a coma for 10 years gradually began recovering due to his hatred of Barney and Friends, which was shown repeatedly at the special care center he was staying in.

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Bydb TIL that pigs will consume human waste and Pig Toilets exist.
yZPX TIL the Austrian village of “Fucking” is particularly popular with British tourists. A local tour guide said: “The Germans all want to see Mozart’s house in Salzburg; the Americans want to see where The Sound of Music was filmed…but for the British, it’s all about Fucking.”
ADwyo TIL - The USA has a record of 0-22 in Olympic Men’s field hockey, yet still have a bronze medal, because only three teams participated at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.
vP1NB TIL about the Carrington Event: in 1859 a massive solar flare spewed electrified gas and subatomic particles toward Earth, wreaking havoc on telegraph networks. Today it would stop our “modern life” for weeks.
R5ZL8 TIL that British houses are built 21 feet apart because of an Edwardian-era regulation meant to find the right distance to prevent women's nipples from being seen through their dresses