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TIL that soap is not meant to kill bacteria and viruses, just wash them down the drain.

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Pdbn TIL historians found European queens have been associated with a 27% increase in wars compared to European kings.
ANZAl TIL about the "Sator Square". It contains a 5-word Latin palindrome, any which way you go. Or, it would, except the word “AREPO”, which appears nowhere else in Latin literature. Unlike the other words, it's definition is arguably lost to history.
x6AvB TIL gelada baboons are aware of the concept of “cheating” on their partners, suppressing their mating cries while cheating, with the dominant male attacking the “cheaters” if discovered.
oBlQA TIL Finland is the only country in the world with regulated 10-month emergency supply of critical medical equipment, medicine, energy and more
lvVr TIL that German police fired off 85 rounds of bullets in 2011, that’s the entire police force for the whole year