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TIL Illegally smuggling toilets out of Canada and into the United States is an actual thing. Toilets in Canada are 3.5gal per flush and we’re made illegal by the EPA for water conservation.

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kKL1 TIL Because the number 8 is considered very lucky in Chinese culture, a Chinese man spent the equivalent of $145,000 to secure a license plate reading ‘88888’ in the hope of increasing his luck. On his first day with the plate, he was pulled over 8 times by cops who thought the plate was a fake.
G9l5 TIL The United States put hundreds of thousands of Filipinos in concentration camps, which resulted in the deaths of over 275,000 natives.
vkL4 TIL that If 1 in 10 of US smokers quit, $63 billion would be saved in the US alone
0dp7v TIL that the loudest fart ever recorded was on May 16, 1972 by a man named Alvin Meshits, at 194 decibels for a third of a second, resulting in recurring back pain
ANYDw TIL almost all ABBA songs were written exclusively by Björn and Benny and their manager Stig, with only one being credited to Agnetha or Frida.