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TIL water privatization has proven to be another cause of—rather than a solution to—chronic water shortage problems

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loYKV TIL the Hawaiian language is unique in that it is the only language with "gendered" nouns not based on male or female. Instead they use one gender for "things you can control" and the other for "things you can't."
GY014 TIL it’s illegal to force American Students to say the Pledge of Allegiance
9YJeM TIL the shark in Jaws was named Bruce, after Spielberg’s lawyer
kORbE TIL about "baseball rubbing mud". Invented by a third base coach for the Athletics and now in widespread and required use by the MLB it is harvested by a single man in denim cutoffs and disintegrating sneakers. It's source, a closely guarded secret, is located "somewhere" in the Delaware River.
b6EmZ TIL In history, there was a war between Ottoman Empire and Habsburg Monarchy resulting in the defeat of the Austrian army with 100.000 soldiers against Ottoman Empire's 0 soldiers. This was supposedly a friendly fire incident caused by the Austrian army.