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TIL Germans score higher than the English on IELTS, The International English Language Testing System

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M7AaW TIL there is a thunderstorm named Hector that appears every 6 months in the same exact spot.
woGM1 TIL it takes 140 litres of water to produce 1 cup of coffee
QX1e TIL, in 1949, India sent the Tokyo Zoo two elephants to cheer the spirits of the defeated Japanese empire.
0w1Jp TIL the line of thinking 'If I Can't Have It, Neither Can You' is called 'Crab Mentality' because when a crab in a bucket is trying to escape, the others will pull it down
GA4e7 TIL by embracing a low-cost production model & taking less money upfront, executive producers Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton, & Charlie Day were given a "sizable ownership stake" in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. By 2011, through just 7 seasons, the trio's stake was already worth close to $60m.