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TIL having to drink 8 cups of water a day is a lie

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6ND8 TIL that retiring on a cruise ship is not only financially feasible, but that cruise company Cunard has had a guest live on board for 14 years
GY5PJ TIL that the population of all the western Canadian provinces and all the territories combined are still less in total than Ontario alone.
kZ1m TIL that The North Face clothing company sued a clothing company called The South Butt.
mxawR TIL the young of Rhamphorhynchus and other pterosaurs are called “flaplings.”
ANY4d TIL in 1903 Japan operated "human zoos" of their colonies. These lasted until they mistakenly put a schoolteacher on exhibit who confused spectators by making eloquent speeches & fundraising for his school while wearing traditional dress, embarrassing the organizers