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TIL while different regions all use their own electrical plug type, the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) released a universal standard - Type N - in 1986 which they hoped would be adopted worldwide. So far, only Brazil adopted the standard.

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MevXa TIL that every year, a regatta is held in Alice Springs. Due to the lack of water in Central Australia, contestants have to carry bottomless "boats" trough a dried-out river. When the river did carry water in 1993, the regatta became "the only regatta ever cancelled because of wet weather".
JlxV TIL John Newton, most famous for writing “Amazing Grace,” spent the early part of his life as a sailor, then captain, on several slaving ships before converting to a life of evangelical Christianity. Late in life he became an abolitionist, expressing regret that it had taken him so long to do so.
PYKwZ TIL Loki boned a horse in Norse mythology.
9Qop TIL a truckload of a specialty Norwegian cheese caught fire in a tunnel in Norway and burned for five consecutive days.
oRVbo TIL Dennis Rodman broke his dick on 3 separate occasions