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TIL 70% of people in the world do not use toilet paper.

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lowQ5 TIL that during the victorian era and the 19th century many people caught TB from cow's milk treated with borax that allowed the bacteria to flourish and hide the sour smell. Millions died.
wLk0o TIL In 1994, in an attempt to ban raves, the UK passed a law banning public performance of music “wholly or predominantly characterized by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats.” In response, the electronic band Autechre issued a track, Flutter, in which no two bars have the same beat.
AMK4 TIL that there is a specific order to adjectives in English. This is why we say ‘big red teapot’ and not 'red big teapot.’
oBD1Y TIL that the last remaining copies of hundreds of silent movies made by Fox and MGM were permanently destroyed during two vault fires (1937 and 1965); including entire collections of some of the greatest actors and directors of the silent era.
4OYw TIL that it’s not just video games that people have blamed for the actions of children. In 1979 and 1990, it was Dungeons and Dragons.