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TIL: Having KFC “Kentucky Fried Chicken” is a Christmas tradition in Japan.

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er9b TIL that there is a hidden pattern called the EURion Constellation that is incorporated into over 52 countries’ banknotes, including the US. Printers will refuse to print banknotes if the pattern is detected, and PhotoShop will prevent editing if the pattern is detected.
GWm5 TIL A middle schooler’s award winning science project demonstrated that fast food ice is dirtier than toilet water
wLQBP TIL that an earwax plug was removed from a beached whale, and found to be full of pollutants. The scientists concluded that not only was the whale breathing pollutants straight from the water, but that some had been passed to it by its mother during gestation and nursing.
VGMQ TIL that American Pharoah’s Great-Great-Great Grandfather is Secretariat
0dN0y TIL that WS Simkins, the man who is credited with firing the first shot in the US Civil War, also had a severe foot fetish and went on to fund a five-year expedition to find the perfect foot, which ended in failure.