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TIL, To reduce cleaning costs, Amsterdam Airport printed pictures of flies inside urinals, thinking men would aim at the flies while using the bathroom, reducing the amount of urine landing outside the urinals. Their plan worked.

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R7Now TIL Dexter Holland, lead singer of punk band The Offspring, was a doctoral candidate for a PhD in molecular biology, but left before graduating as his music career was blossoming. He eventually returned to the University of Southern California to finish his degree, which he was awarded in May 2017.
8e6DV TIL the longest marathon run lasted 54 years 8 months 6 days 5 hours 32 minutes 20.3 seconds: Shizo Kanakuri, a Japanese runner, entered the race in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. He left the course because of exhaustion, silently returned to Japan, became a teacher, only resume the race in 1967.
0n7j TIL THE ROMANS ONLY HAD CAPITAL LETTERS
R5V4l TIL that Disney World executives used to have themed parties known as “The Last Days of the Raj” where they would recreate and celebrate the days of British Colonialism. This later became the inspiration for the Disney “Adventurers Club”
oBRR TIL Albino Africans live in constant fear of being butchered for body parts.