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TIL the 3 snowiest major cities in the world are all in Japan

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ma9M TIL of an experiment in a hospital where the sign at a hand-washing station was changed from “Hand hygiene prevents you from catching diseases” to “Hand hygiene prevents patients from catching diseases” resulting in a 45% increase in the use of soap or hand sanitizer.
b6JEj TIL that Gavrilo Princip, the assassin that killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand which triggered WW1, didn't get a death sentence nor a life sentence, but only 20 years. But he died in prison 3 years into his sentence anyways.
YAQr TIL the BBC ran a contest asking vacationers for pictures of French beaches prior to D-Day to help gather intelligence and determine whether the beach was suitable for an amphibious landing.
88NZ TIL the worlds largest pool covers 20 acres, holds 66 million gallons of water and has a 115 foot deep end
W9L8 TIL that the last words of Norman Douglas, a British author most known for the 1917 novel ‘South Wind’, were “Get those fucking nuns away from me.”