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TIL 3 of the top 7 longest confirmed Sniper kills were by Canadians

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k6NB TIL a factory in Honduras forces its workers to wear diapers for the sake of efficiency.
XEAKP TIL a former schoolteacher hit 3.2 million miles with the car he bought in 1966. Road-tripping Irv Gordon passed away recently, holding the world record of highest vehicle mileage with his Volvo P1800S
PYl4e TIL Rob Zombie used to be a production assistant on Pee-wee's Playhouse.
b9JYa TIL the word "lozenge" is another name for "diamond shaped". We call cough drops lozenges because very early cough drops were often shaped like diamonds.
6EJ9l TIL: Vodka doesn't have to come from potatoes, it can be made from anything which will ferment. Even grass, or salmon and old newspapers. Vodka just needs to be a clear spirit distilled to 190 proof.