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TIL that Venice does not have a complete modern sewer system. In the historic core, much of the raw sewage goes straight into the canals.

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e0Kk6 TIL that elephants change teeth throughout their life, when they get old this process stops, the last teeth get worn down and they starve, this is the main cause of death for mature elephants.
b6Mjj TIL After Imperial China was overthrown in 1911, the Qing court sent an envoy, Tang Shaoyi, to negotiate peace with the Republic of China. Tang visited Sun Yat-sen in the Presidential Palace and was so moved that he switched sides and became the first Premier of the National Republic
kOQZ7 TIL that during WW2 the British entertained the idea of building an aircraft carrier out of ice and wood pulp in order to fight German U-boats. They scrapped the idea after realizing they could just make airplanes fly farther instead. One admiral was accidentally shot during the development process.
41bJ TIL that the Gobekli Tepe, which predates Stonehenge by over 6,000 years, is a large monument built in the middle of nowhere. It predates the invention of known tools, cities/communities, and the written word.
kJdy7 TIL if you lose a Fallopian tube (many reasons why), your remaining tube may move back and forth each cycle to catch the egg from whichever ovary is releasing one that cycle