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TIL the Cookie Monster has a real name. It`s Sid.

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kOLEW TIL that Nokia has existed since 1865. They started as a papermill and even produced toilet at one stage. The original toilet paper is still on display in a museum in Finland.
v14kj TIL about invasive North American earth worms. All areas of North America that were covered in ice in the last ice age were devoid of worms before European colonization. If you've even encountered an earth worm north of the 45th parallel, it's almost guaranteed to be an Asian or European species.
9glM TIL that Luke Magnotta, a 30-year-old former porn actor, murdered, dismembered, and cannibalized a Chinese exchange student, posted a video of it online, then mailed the body parts to various Canadian political parties.
QJrgX TIL- 7-up originally contained Lithium
9YRxM TIL every morning, English submarines equipped with nuclear warheads emerge and tune in to BBC Radio 4 "Today" show. If it fails to transmit, they assume UK had been destroyed.