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TIL In 2018, over 300 people drowned in Germany. The drownings have been linked to 'parents phone fixation.' In the past, parents spent more time with their children in the swimming pool. Increasingly, parents are fixated by phones and not paying attention to their children.

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5VgWP TIL of the Frog Test, a pregnancy test where a woman’s urine was injected into a frog, and if it started ovulating, the woman was pregnant. It was used in the 1940s-60s and was surprisingly accurate.
4A6w TIL during WW2, a German fighter ace noticed how a US B17 was too damaged to fight back, escorted it back to Britain, risking execution in the process. After the war, both pilots became best friends, whilst this event symbolised one of the greatest acts of chivalry in war
xV7Bw TIL that the "China" that actually helped found the UN and sat on the Security Council until 1971 was the Taiwanese government. After this they started losing a lot of international recognition.
OG7je TIL Japan's exclusive ocean is 12 times its land area, including Okinotori islet, 6.3 inch above sea level
BrlPx TIL that Willem Dafoe has been acting in movies every year since 1982. He still has a bunch of filming projects lined up for 2021.