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TIL, it's estimated that there are 6,000 shipwrecks distributed across all of the Great Lakes.

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5Y0x8 TIL that in Chiloe, an island in the south of Chile, there's a tradition called "minga" where the locals help each other to relocate their houses by dragging them through the sea with boats.
grDYb TIL that the phrase "Lock and Load" came from John Wayne mixing up the actual command of "Load and Lock" in the movie "The Sands of Iwo Jima".
nWvYG TIL about the 1971 Iraq poison grain disaster, in where grain containing methylmercury never intended for human consumption was imported into Iraq, where it was consumed by Iraqis living in rural areas. The recorded death toll was 459 people, but higher figures have been suggested.
QJvkk Today I learned there's a term for diarrhea after high intensity running "Runners Trots"
mxj8y TIL that The Who’s Roger Daltrey is allergic to cannabis, which affects his singing. On one occasion he threatened to stop a show due to people smoking, advising them to “stick it up your fuckin’ ass.”