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TIL Taiwan has won more Little League World Series than any team, with 60. Second-most is SoCal with only 19.

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1aB9V TIL that ~2500 years before Ancient Rome, the Indus Valley Civilization had public baths, personal toilets, and a widespread system of brick and terracotta drainage ducts and the first instances of plumbing and in the ancient world.
wea6 TIL personal genomics company 23andMe has used customer genetic information to obtain a patent to test for propensity to develop Parkinson’s disease, and has also received a patent allowing parents to hand-pick genes for their children.
N7AVe TIL about Swahili Time. The local clock is measured from sunrise (1pm) which replaces 7am Western time . In order to convert to local time you must add six hours to GMT (+3).
WvLA TIL Microsoft used a cracked version of Sony Sound Forge to create sounds in Windows XP
v1DwD TIL That July is Disability Pride Month