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TIL that Marry, Mary, Merry, Bury, Larry, Leery, Fairy, and Ferry aren't all pronounced the same in other english accents

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MeJAb TIL about the “sverdrup” (Sv), a measurement of flow equal to 1,000,000 cubic meters or 260,000,000 gallons per second. The largest ocean current, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, is 125 Sv. As a comparison, all the rivers of the world flowing into the oceans is only about 1.25 Sv.
4Xvva TIL Sony's PlayStation 2 was the most popular game console of all time, selling over 155 Million units, and beating out 2nd place(PS1) by a huge margin. The Nintendo DS is the most popular hand held unit of all time, selling 154 Million units, beating out the Game Boy by over 35 Million units!
Z1BY TIL After teaching a monkey the concept of money, he used it to pay for sex.
BroMx TIL originally Mister Rogers answered every letter sent to him by hand. As the letters increased in volume he hired staff member and producer Hedda Sharapan to answer them, but he still read, edited, and signed each one.
5Ygdk TIL that ingredients in the average bottle of prestige perfume cost about $1.20 to $1.50. The actual liquid in a typical bottle of $150 perfume is less than 1% of the retail cost. The bottle, box and and display carton typically cost four to six times times more than the fragrance itself