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TIL: That American toilets clog so much because they have a trapway half the size of the trapway in an Australian or NZ Toilet

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dD8mE TIL that before Geronimo ever learned how to properly use a rifle, he would run at armed enemies in a zig-zag pattern until he was close enough to use his knife. He claimed that the mountain spirits spoke to him and said, "You will never die in battle, nor... by gun. I will guide your arrows.”
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