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TIL Adidas is pronounced very differently in Europe and the UK compared to what I've heard in the USA!

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JB84 TIL that at the end of WWII, the Canadian Navy was the 3rd largest Navy in the world
VMZm TIL that ‘Family Protection Bill’ in Iran “gives men the right to take a second wife without the permission of the first, and it would enshrine a man’s right to have an unlimited number of temporary marriages, which can last from 10 minutes to 99 years.”
0dwyN TIL that Nicholas Cage’s uncle is Francis Ford Coppola and he denied Cage a role in The Godfather Part III
yQAj8 TIL about Sea Spiders. There are over 1,000 species, and they have a leg span ranging from 1 mm to nearly 3 ft. As they age, their exoskeleton becomes riddled with small holes – enabling them to slowly grow in size.
R5My9 TIL the Rectoanal Inhibitory Reflex, or anal sampling mechanism, tells us if a fart is more than just a fart