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TIL Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are actually one lake

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VMLND TIL that the gin and tonic was invented as a result of the British being unable to stomach the taste of bitter malaria medication in India
BgyJL TIL about Wawpawwawqua ('White Loon'), a Miami war leader who fought against the United States, but was later excused from a Miami removal because he paid property tax. He was said to be 107 years old at the time of his death, in 1876.
BkgD TIL that during the Development of Street Fighter II, one of the game’s designer, Yoshiki Okamoto, originally wanted Chun-Li’s health bar to be shorter than the other fighters’ because “women are not as strong.”
EvkX TIL that despite strong intolerance of gays, Pakistan leads in world for gay porn searches
OGv4e TIL that octopuses have around 500 million neurons, with most of them located in their arms, giving each arm semi-independent intelligence