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TIL that when President Kennedy asked the Mexican ambassador to declare Cuba a threat to their security he replied that “40 million Mexicans will die laughing.”

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5nZ8 TIL that there is a Japanese urban legend about a spirit who haunts public bathrooms and will ask you if you want red or blue toilet paper.
oJLR TIL Australia is the only nation to govern an entire continent [source: my toilet paper, then verified via Google]
N7e08 TIL that there are over 200 bodies on Mount Everest that are used as landmarks.
Lk7L0 TIL A factoid was originally defined as a piece of information that's commonly believed to be true, but which is actually false. For example, the idea that the Great Wall of China can be seen from space by the naked eye is a factoid
gMLZD TIL Radioactive steel accidentally contaminated with Cobolt-60 was used to build hundreds of apartments in Taiwan in 1980, that were occupied for 20 years, and some studies show beneficial outcomes from the exposure.