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TIL 80% of Soviet males born in 1923 didn’t survive WWII

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ep7an TIL that a Peppa Pig episode was pulled off air in Australia as "inappropriate for Australian audiences" - in it a scared Peppa was told that spiders were "very, very small" and "can't hurt you". In 2016, a huntsman spider was videoed in Australia carrying a mouse up a fridge.
dEJK TIL Smarties are flavored as such: White is Orange/Cream, Yellow is Pineapple, Pink is Cherry, Purple is Grape, Orange is Orange, and Green is… Strawberry.
KOkgQ TIL about Kiviak, a traditional Inuit food from Greenland that consists of up to 500 small birds stuffed into a seal skin and left to ferment for several months. "The fermented intestinal fluids are sucked out from the whole birds, or used as a sauce for other foods."
N7751 TIL that GE chose to put the Fukushima reactor closer to the sea, knew of inherent design flaws for decades, and may be liable for damages in court.
GAVpN TIL that straws were first invented by the Sumarians and used for drinking beer.