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TIL the average house in the US is almost 3 times bigger than the average house in the UK

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jNoNn TIL the original 3 Musketeer bars of the 1930's came in packs of three: one bar with vanilla nougat, one with chocolate nougat and one with strawberry nougat (hence the name "Three Musketeers"). WWII rations made the company reduce the three pack to just one bar with chocolate nougat.
MYma TIL that in Return of the Jedi, the Ewoks spoke in high-speed Tibetan.
V1QD TIL that Doctor Ignaz Semmelweis was an early pioneer of washing your hands during surgery but this concept conflicted with the established scientific/medical opinions of the time and he was committed to an asylum.
OGEj7 TIL that in 2001, Warner Bros had to recall every single copy of a then-newly-released "The Powerpuff Girls" DVD because three of the DVD-ROM programs (including its installer) were accidentally infected with the "FunLove" computer virus, which would be spread to any PC that installed the software.
rGwy TIL that Despite never having received naval training or participating in naval combat prior to the war, and constantly being outnumbered and outsupplied, Admiral Yi Sun Shin defeated 333 Japanese ships with only 13 Korean ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.