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TIL Nearly 80% of people who die from drowning in the USA are male.

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rNJZy TIL a common answer to "how are you?" in French is "Ça roule ma poule" which translates to "it rolls my chicken"
J16vk TIL that there is a toaster design from 73 years ago is way better than my current (and not cheap) toaster.
8D9X TIL A group of wild bunnies is called a fluffle.
7rJNP TIL: On May 24, 1626, Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan for the equivalent of $24 worth of beads and trinkets.
ZpKEa TIL On April 1, 1945, the Battle of Okinawa was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by the United States Army and Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. This invasion was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.