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TIL In German bars/restaurants there are "Speibecken": These are basins into which you can throw up if you've had too much to drink.

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jbxM TIL Frank Zappa was approached by a crazed fan with a gun. Zappa persuaded him into walking with him, and numerous others. to a nearby lake. He then persuaded everyone present to start throwing things into the water, including the attacker, who threw in his gun.
9edB TIL that the countries with the highest rates of female in management positions are Russia, Latvia and Indonesia, while the lowest are the US, the UK, Spain, Denmark and Germany
lEx5 TIL sailors had crossed the Equator by 425BC and reported they’d seen the Sun switch sides in the heavens. Writers like Herodotus thought they were making it up
wAnE TIL via Ancestry, that my family was a part of a eugenics study, that claimed that my grandmother was the “mother of criminals” with over 100 prostitutes and 76 convicted criminals in the family line, the family was urged not to reproduce.
a8mJJ Today I learned Allspice and Cherry Peppers can both be called Pimento