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TIL that most American’s don’t have electric kettles in their kitchens to boil water.

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mwRo TIL that Liam Neeson turned down playing James Bond in ‘95 because “he has never been interested in starring in action movies.”
4kanw TIL that the day after Chapman murdered John Lennon, Chapman, Yoko, and Lennon all had front seat tickets to see David Bowie on Broadway
v1pDL TIL that the scientific name of rice is Oryza sativa, and it is not related to Cannabis sativa. Sativa, sativus, and sativum are Latin botanical adjectives meaning cultivated often associated botanically with plants that promote good health and used to designate certain seed-grown domestic crops.
dDEmd TIL that the Eastern Front alone is enough to make WWII one of the, if not the single deadliest war of all time. Of the approximately 80 million deaths caused by WWII, about 40 million were on the eastern front.
BgMnx TIL Australia is wider than the moon (3900 vs 3400KM Diameter)