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TIL that 90-95% of the phones sold in Japan are waterproof.

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9a6G TIL when drug lord Pablo Escobar’s personal zoo was left abandoned after his death, four hippos escaped into the wilds of Colombia; their numbers have since grown to around 40.
LgAP TIL the English language has a mark resembling an umlaut (called a diaeresis) used to show 2 vowels are also 2 syllables, as in coöperation. The mark is mostly defunct, but still used by The New Yorker magazine.
W74BX TIL about the inspiring life story of KFC’s Colonel Sanders
XE8Dj TIL that a capitonym is a word that changes meaning when capitalized. For instance, "China" refers to the country, while "china" refers to ceramic dinnerware.
VMX7Q TIL of Eddie Chapman - a professional criminal and prolific womanizer who became an important British double agent during WWII. He once convinced both British and German intelligence to house and pay each of his two fiancees in opposite warzones. He is the only Briton to win the German Iron Cross.