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TIL that urine isn’t sterile.

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x6Vgg TIL Before Black Beard went into battle he lit fuses under his hat to scare his opponents
DOkg TIL the founder of Japan’s McDonald’s stated, “Japanese people are so short and have yellow skins because they have eaten nothing but fish and rice for two thousand years. If we eat McDonald’s hamburgers for a thousand years we will become taller, our skin become white, and our hair blonde.”
xKAD TIL That in some regions withing China farmers have to pollinate apple trees by hand. This is due to the lack of any bees, which is in turn due to mass extermination of “pests” carried out by Mao Zedong during the great leap forward. (more links in comments).
Yp0Jx TIL that the U.S. state of Washington has a law prohibiting the state from preparing for a nuclear war
LQVPQ TIL people can hear if pouring water is hot or cold