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TIL in Prague beer is cheaper than water

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ePYb TIL fleeing the Japanese in WWII Burma, a group of refugees spent two days carving a 270-foot staircase into a mountain so that they and 52 elephants could escape
wDWM TIL Emperor Penguins can shut down organs that aren’t in use to let them stay underwater for up to 20 minutes
OY0L TIL the clitoris has no other purpose than for pleasure, it has over eight-hundred nerve endings
arvJ TIL that bluetooth was named after Harald Bluetooth - King of Denmark 1000 years ago. The bluetooth logo is made from the Nordic runes of his initials.
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