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TIL that the daily rum ration given to sailors in the Royal Navy was only stopped in 1970.

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ADZBn TIL that in 2010 a couple purchased the town of 'Wauconda', in Washington, for just $360,000. It came with a café, a gas station, a post office, a four-bedroom house and their own zip code.
eDRk TIL The first products designed specifically to wipe after using the bathroom were aloe-infused sheets of manila hemp but people rejected them in favor of the Sears Roebuck Catalog
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