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TIL In World War II, British soldiers got a ration of three sheets of toilet paper a day. Americans got 22.

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4Xv7w TIL an Aztec nobleman wrote about a Samurai who visited America and got into a fight with the Spanish over presents.
nepvB TIL Crows will sometimes actively hunt rabbits and have even been noted as chasing the bunnies off of fields and onto the road, where the rabbits are hit by cars and subsequently eaten by the birds!
WeV8 TIL Keiko, the orca who starred in Free Willy was released in the wild in July of 2002 after being in captivity for 23 years. A few weeks after his release, he showed up at a Norwegian fjord in hopes of seeking human contact and would even give children rides on his back.
pKkG TIL in 1993 Vanilla Ice was ranked as the 6th best jet ski racer in the world and had a deal with Kawasaki.
6EjNQ TIL that the standard workday was reduced to 8 hours because of international protests held on May 1st, the original Labor Day. "May Day" is still celebrated in most places around the globe, by everyone from Communists to Catholics, with the exception of the United States.