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TIL 17% of people pee in the bath tub while taking a bath

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KYdMQ TIL the true story of Moby Dick. A whale sunk a crew’s main ship - leaving 3 sailboats. They’d live if they sailed to a nearby island. Out of fear from (false) stories of cannibalism, they tried going back to the mainland. In tragic irony, they got lost at sea and had to resort to cannibalism.
j5Gp TIL The United States Congress only has a job approval rating of around 15%, but Congressional incumbents are re-elected at a rate of roughly 95%
7rnyr TIL The USA dumped Nuclear Waste from Secret Missile bases under the Greenland Ice Sheet, and due to the ice melting this waste is now at risk of soon entering the EcoSystem.
wLg1W TIL that the Japanese word for “brown” is 茶色 (cha-iro). The first character means “tea”, and the second one means “colour”. Thus, literally translated, it means “tea colour”.
loK5V TIL that 40% of all Guinness is consumed in Africa, and Nigeria consumes more than Ireland.