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TIL Cruise ships are legally allowed to discharge (and they do) - raw, untreated sewage once they are three miles from shore. A typical cruise ship can produce up to 30,000 gallons of sewage a day.

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mdbE TIL that the 404 error code originated at the CERN labs in Switzerland, where a physical room numbered 404 housed the original WWW database.
dO6Q TIL The allies psychoanalysed the mind of Hitler during the war, and from their diagnosis made several correct predictions about his future behaviour.
N7Dv6 TIL that up to 1980 there were only 5 English medieval longbows known to still exist. In 1980, 137 longbows in excellent condition were recovered from the wreck of King Henry VIII's naval ship, the Mary Rose, which had capsized in the 1500s.
jNwVQ TIL Ninety-nine per cent of crocodile offspring are eaten in the first year after birth, by large fish, herons, monitor lizards and adult crocodiles.
gMBkA TIL That young female macaques regularly mount male sika deer stags.