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TIL the birth rate in Japan is so low, and the boom of senior citizens so huge, that adult diapers have outsold baby diapers for the last 6 years.

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Egn1W TIL We call heavy armoured fighting vehicles Tanks to keep their nature secret. The British pretended that they were water carriers or water tanks.
Ym1B TIL the fire hydrant patent was destroyed when the patent office in Washington D.C. caught on fire in 1836
gM0W TIL that a single story building at 1209 North Orange Street in Wilmington Delaware is the legal home for over 200,000 businesses.
Ooy6a TIL In North Korea western films are only available at private showings to high-ranking Party members, although the 1997 film Titanic is frequently shown to university students as an example of Western culture
JgRQ TIL Henry Cavill, star of the upcoming Man of Steel, was next in line to be cast as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter, Edward Cullen in Twilight, and James Bond in Casino Royale, but lost the roles all three times.