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TIL of Davy and Daryl, twin 10 year olds, who spent 3 years biking from Alaska to Argentina to set a Guinness World Record- only to be denied the title, once completed

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LewQ TIL the “soap” in soap operas comes from household cleaning companies sponsoring shows and controlling the ads that were shown
Or9L TIL In Kyrgyztan, men still marry their women the old-fashioned way: by abducting them off the street and forcing them to be their wife.
d8Zb8 TIL 'Bullshit Asymmetry Principle' states the amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude greater than that needed to produce it. Bullshit can be propagated quickly, but can be more difficult to disprove.
v1waB TIL that everyone who lives in this census-designated place in Siskiyou County, California is, by definition, a Happy Camper
Zpmgv TIL about the “Dunny man” who would come late at night to empty the toilets in Australian out-houses. He’d hoist the filled drum up on his shoulder, carry it away and replace it with a new one.