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TIL the so called “Blue Zones” of longevity are likely just regions rife with clerical errors and pension fraud

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Lkw1r TIL that the inflatable sex doll may have been invented by Adolf Hitler, but the project failed because soldiers were too embarrassed to carry them.
4kNVo TIL the U-shaped toilet seat was designed to give ladies plenty of room to wipe without having to stand up or touch the seat directly.
5VddR TIL the sun is actually white
epMpk TIL that the birds we call Penguins today are not actually penguins at all but another species of bird that was named after them because of their looks and their are no true penguins alive today.
l7BEG TIL that using yellow and red cards in football to signal a penalty for a player is a fairly recent invention considering the sports age. The first time this system was implemented was at the FIFA World Cup in 1970 in Mexico. In Germany, 2 yellow = 1 red card, was also only implemented only in 1991!