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TIL Tapwater contains 2 mg/L of chlorine to remove germs and bacteria.

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WkZa8 TIL of the Bat' d'Af', French military units composed of heavily-tattooed criminals and problematic soldiers. Members called the units "the Hell" due to harsh discipine and living conditions. Despite this, they served with distinction in France's colonial wars, Crimea, and WW1.
15LO TIL there is a type of mosquitoes called Toxorhynchites and they do not consume blood! Instead they prey on other Mosquito larvae.
4Xgra TIL that Walt Disney's original idea for EPCOT was an entire city of people living in Disney World. Everyone was required to work, and since EPCOT would own their land or home, nobody would have any municipal voting rights.
kx7m TIL that dolphins can sleep under water by closing one eye, resting ½ of their brain and using the other half to breathe and watch for danger
E16QW TIL in 2010, a Polish man living in Germany asked doctors to remove what he thought was a several-year old cyst at the back of his head. However, doctors found that the 'cyst' was actually a .22-caliber round lodged in his scalp. He didn’t noticed it because he was drunk when it happened 5 years ago