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TIL that 1 in 12 men and 1 in 250 women are colourblind

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W7e04 TIL there's something called the National Diaper Bank which coordinates and facilitates donations of diapers to families in need. 1 in 2 US families cannot afford enough diapers to keep their infant or child clean, dry, and healthy.
Zpp8Q TIL a lot of Europe does not pre-cut pizza
PY7Rw TIL that some bodies form a waxy substance on the skin called adipocere in the first few days after death.
oJoo TIL that grapefruit gets its name from growing in clusters, resembling a bushel of large, yellow grapes.
ZBlR TIL of Joseph Bazalgette, a civil engineer who built an extensive sewer network in London which was instrumental in curbing cholera, typhus and typhoid epidemics. Later he started cleansing Thames.