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TIL Tom Cruise’s real last name is “Mapother”

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16ZWD TIL Walmart pulled an educational toy after a bilingual grandmother recognized the item was using Polish profanity as well as singing in Polish about suicide, depression, drug abuse, and cocaine.
VBEE0 TIL that male adult whalefish can never open their mouths
1aZwO TIL The Colorado River, famous for being home to the Hoover Dam, has begun to run dry in most years since 1960, due to poor water management practices and over use.
BrboL TIL that Skylab, the American space station of the 1970s, was equipped with a shower that had a cylindrical curtain, a handheld push-button showerhead, and foot restraints.
b6B4j TIL of the Medieval candle time clock, before electricity, a nail was placed at certain places on the lengths of the candle and people would hear the nail hit the ground when lit, letting them know a certain amount of time had passed.