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TIL, The oil from a right whale would operate an average American car for 8 years.

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R5wL1 TIL That When King Kalakaua was in the Mainland, in Kansas he got so drunk he passed out. The legislators had James Burns act as King Kalakaua. He noted that he was "never taken for a man of Color before" at the bottom of the newspaper
wWj8 TIL if you’re being violent or drunk in Japan the police will get a large futon and roll you into a little burrito.
KaQ6 TIL The reason many critics say the James Joyce novel Finnegan’s Wake is nearly “unreadable” and “incomprehensible” is because it’s an attempt to recreate the experience of sleep and dreams.
4X0GN Today I learned about the discovery of viruses (bacteriophages) that kill bacteria and how they were experimenting with them as a treatment before the discovery of penicillin.
0jRR Today I learned that the inequity seen in more attractive waiters earning higher tips is not the result of male customers bestowing financial favors on attractive waitresses. Rather, the primary driver (of this dynamic) is female customers tipping attractive females more than unattractive females