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TIL that California’s drought might actually be a return to normal climate, with the past 100 years being abnormally wet.

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MejBA TIL why we have a stronger urge to pee when closer to the toilet. From an early age, we're taught to associate the bathroom with peeing. So the closer we get to one, that programming, located deep in the rivers of the subconscious mind, activates the thought and the body acts.
x6re5 TIL that Jakob Maria Mierscheid has been a member of the German Bundestag since 1979—despite being completely fictional. He was created as an inside joke among SPD politicians, and the Bundestag still officially acknowledges him.
moAy TIL The term “Mr. President” has been used since George Washington took office. He preferred that over the more majestic titles proposed by the senate.
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