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TIL The sport of Water Polo was invented in Scotland and the first game took place in the River Dee.

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x6yEo TIL Canadians have innovative and fun ways to enjoy winter :)!
AMdg TIL that Spanish Flu didn’t come from Spain or hit it especially hard. Spain didn’t have the wartime censors other countries had, so Spanish media could report freely on the pandemic. This made it look like the situation in Spain was especially severe - resulting in the nickname “Spanish flu”.
DokY TIL that Finland hosts the Wife Carrying World Championships every year. In which men attempt to carry their wives through an obstacle course the fastest, with the grand prize being his woman’s weight in beer.
rNMr4 Today I learned that your brain is constantly eating itself. This process is called phagocytosis, where cells envelop and consume smaller cells or molecules to remove them from the system.
XE4vD TIL Cats don't meow to other cats, only to get humans to do what they want.