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TIL Palau became the first country in the world to ban sunscreen that is harmful to sea life and corals.

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D16lV TIL that the highest elevation of the city of Berlin, the Teufelsberg (Devil‘s Mountain), is not of natural origin. The 260ft tall mountain consists of the rubble and remains of the town after the bombing at the end of World War 2.
X04YX TIL that Johann Pachelbel, German composer of the famous Canon in D, had a son Carl who lived and worked as an organist in Charleston, South Carolina.
NXv7P TIL the term "blowing a raspberry" comes from rhyming slang, where the first word of "raspberry tart" replaces the rhyming word "fart."
ee9J TIL during Super Bowl XLIII, Comcast’s transmission of the game was interrupted for approximately 20 seconds and replaced with soft-core porn.
8moZ TIL the Italian version of “You can’t have your cake and eat it too” is “Your barrel is full and the wife is drunk.” Other languages translate the phrase as, “You desire to have both the moustache and to drink the soup.”