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TIL: Danielle Steele, the best-selling author alive, puts out 6-7 bestsellers a year, has 9 kids and sleeps only 4 hours a day

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KYBw9 TIL A love hotel is a type of short-stay hotel found around the world operated primarily for the purpose of allowing guests privacy for sex. The name originates from "Hotel Love" in Osaka.Although love hotels exist all over the world, the term is often used to refer to those located within Japan.
x5Qo TIL Pixar changed the ending to “Finding Nemo” sequel after seeing a documentary on the terrible conditions at SeaWorld
p8y1G TIL that the reason eggs are refrigerated in the US, unlike most of the world, is because eggs are washed which removes the natural barrier for bacteria.
kjVW TIL During WWII, India produced the largest volunteer Army in world history, over 2.5 million men. Winston Churchill called their bravery “Unsurpassed”, with at least 38 Indians awarded the Victoria Cross or the George Cross.
WknX TIL in 1970 a disgruntled postgraduate student deliberately infected his roommates with Ascaris suum, a parasitic nematode. This was the first documented human infection by this species.