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TIL tourists often get lost on their way to visit Auschwitz in Poland, because the name is absent from both the nearby bus stop and train station.

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OYmL TIL that taking long hot showers is actually really bad for your skin, as the hot water softens the oils in your skin so that they are easily washed away, thus making it easier for your skin to dry out and become itchy.
P1Kvg TIL of Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone, an Italian wine region in Italy. The name dates back to a tale of a prelate surveying wines for a bishop by writing "Est" on the door of the inns with quality wine. At a Montefiascone inn, the prelate was so overwhelmed that he wrote Est! Est!! Est!!!
OoOD1 TIL That the Maya civilization used chocolate as money. Chocolate—in the form of fermented and dried cacao beans—was "almost certainly" a key Maya currency. Running out of it may have played a role in their downfall.
9jrD TIL Owen the hippo got washed away from it’s mother. It then bonded with a giant 130 year old tortoise instead.
eAOg TIL in Pulp Ficton (1994)Buddy the waiter asks Mia if she wants her $5 shake “Martin and Lewis or Amos and Andy?” Referring to Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, two white men and The Amos ‘n Andy Show, two black men. Basically, he is asking her if she wants a vanilla or chocolate shake.