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TIL France public pools require men to wear Speedos for Hygiene reasons.

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PY4YZ TIL Canary Islands are actually named after dogs, not canaries. Their name comes from the latin "Canariae Insulae", which means "islands of dogs"
wLlw1 TIL In 1965, the Welsh village Capel Celyn and surrounding farms were flooded in order to make a reservoir to provide water for Liverpool despite protests from the locals and the Welsh Members of Parliament.
O5d4 TIL until 2003, Blackcurrant plants were banned in the united states due to carrying a pine-tree-attacking fungus, so it’s not a common flavour and most americans have never tasted them.
w7n7 TIL Giant, 50-Pound European catfish beach themselves in order to capture and eat pigeons.
OjwY TIL that Rolling Stones and Time magazine both selected “Marge vs. the Monorail” as the greatest Simpsons episode of all time. The episode’s writer: Conan O'Brien