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TIL The Vienna Police had a special unit that was assigned solely to patrol the city's intricate sewer system, as its network of interlocking tunnels make great hiding places for criminals on the run from the law, stolen property, drugs, etc.

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e0BnE TIL 50%—80% of your poop (excluding water) is bacteria that had been living in your intestines. Many of the bacteria in poop are still alive, but some are dead—carcasses of species that bloomed as they fed on the indigestible plant matter you consumed, then died shortly afterward.
xVyYg TIL Australia once had a floating hotel that now lies decrepit and forgotten, in North Korea.
ADV5l TIL that a GHS study in 2019 by John Hopkins CHS and NTI placed the US as the nation most prepared for a pandemic
R5B78 TIL IKEA is the 6th largest food chain in the world
yQkx8 TIL Chinese American Tyrus Wong was the lead artist for Disney's Bambi. His background paintings for Bambi were inspired by Song dynasty classical Chinese paintings. He was fired from Disney studio due to a strike and his full contribution to the film was largely unknown for several decades