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TIL that 80% of Australian homes are colder than is recommended by the WHO safety standards for indoor air temperature.

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0KJp TIL that a Roman prostitute named Marozia not only was the mistress of one pope, but her bastard son, two grandsons, two great grandsons, and one great great grandson all eventually became popes. The era in which they ruled is known by scholars as the “pornocracy”.
mJGR TIL If cats reside with dogs long enough, they can learn to bark like dogs.
99pp TIL on average a bottle of domestic beer in a supermarket is ~333% more expensive in Australia than in Germany.
GYQ7 TIL that the last prisoner at both the Tower of London and Spandau Prison was the same man.
6EkyX TIL Chinese moso bamboo can grow almost a metre in a single day, about 35 inches.