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TIL Potatoes 'permanently reduced conflict' in Europe for about 200 years

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5Y6OQ TIL German men are encouraged to pee sitting down to promote a cleaner bathroom experience for other men.
0wlkv TIL the Island of Sri Lanka/Ceylon only became an island in 1480, when the narrow landbridge connecting the peninsula to the Indian Subcontinent was destroyed by a massive cyclone after years of gradual erosion.
WkWw8 TIL that ships are referred to as "she" from long tradition that they are female figures (e.g., mothers) who guide and protect its passengers and crew.
PWde TIL: Creationism’s monkey-typewriter argument was refuted by a 1980s computer program that randomly generated phrases while preserving the positions of individual letters. The computer wrote Hamlet in just 4.5 days.
woXr6 TIL every country has quick dial, easy to remember emergency number EXCEPT North Korea.