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

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neAoo TIL Ferrari merchandise (tee shirts, hats, sunglasses, key chains and anything that projects their association with the brand), accounts for $2.5 billion in sales each year, slightly more than the revenue from selling cars.
grl98 TIL In a hurdling event , you are not penalized for knocking over a hurdle
r7r0 TIL that “God rest you merry” is an archaic way of expressing good wishes, so the Christmas carol is “God rest you merry, gentlemen” not “God rest you, merry gentlemen”
8ayob TIL about body snatchers aka "resurrection men", paid men that were ought to do grave-robbing. These men provided a number of schools with cadavers, and members of the schools would use influence to keep these men out of jail. People (alive) used Railings to protect graves from body snatchers.
kvee TIL that alien abduction stories are probably based on sleep paralysis, a condition where you wake up, dream-hallucinate someone in your room, and can’t move.