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TIL the day after Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for plumbers.

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JYDpl TIL A WWI soldier injured in France in 1917, went on to marry the nurse that mistook him for a German spy and advised surgeons to take his life on the operating table. He accidentally spoke German to doctors while under a fever, and she took it as spy language. They were married for over 50 years.
ANpP4 TIL: there are otter gangs in Singapore who fight for territories. It is well followed by the locals and the press. Each gangs has names and reputations.
d8y4Q TIL The 24 Hours of Le Mans traditionally begins with a "standing start", where drivers run to their car. Feeling this type of start was unsafe, Jacky Ickx opposed it by walking across the track while his competitors ran. He was nearly hit by a car, and another was killed. Ickx won the race.
yQBJ TIL Marilyn Monroe rarely bathed, slept in the nude and ate a lot in bed – shoving what was left on her plate under the sheets before going to sleep.
Omag TIL that France is now tied with the United States in pizza consumption.