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TIL the word “bidet” is French for “pony”, referring to how low one squats over the fixture

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N7QV8 TIL ancient folklore saved several native tribes during the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami (death toll 230,000). While many locals and tourists ventured curiously into the receding waters, the natives fled, citing "huge shaking of ground followed by high wall of water"
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