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TIL about the “Dunny man” who would come late at night to empty the toilets in Australian out-houses. He’d hoist the filled drum up on his shoulder, carry it away and replace it with a new one.

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0LAv TIL that an Oxford University genetic study found that the English are actually French and German, and that the Welsh are the true Britons
pkL8 TIL Wes Craven designed Freddy Krueger’s striped sweater after reading in Scientific American that the human eye has difficulty recognizing those particular shades of red and green side by side. Therefore, looking at it is subliminally unsettling.
8a78G TIL the 1928 adaptation of "Noah's Ark" had a flood scene that killed 3 actors. The original cut of the film, which included footage of the 3 actors drowning in the flood, is lost. Also, a young John Wayne can be seen struggling to stay above the water in the scene (it was one of his first roles.)
D8mD TIL that around 1.5 million people were evicted in Beijing in preparation for the 2008 Olympics
KLyG TIL the U.S. government spends billions of dollars providing GPS for the entire world to use for free