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TIL Men spend 7 hours each year 'hiding' in the bathroom

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awmLL TIL France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands used GMT prior to WW2. The Germans changed them all to Berlin Time (GMT +1h) during the occupation and they never switched back. [Spain also changed in solidarity with Germany.]
X0O8P TIL Pekin, Illinois was named under the mistaken belief that the city is on the opposite side of the globe from from Beijing, China. It is actually opposite the Indian Ocean.
RZv7 TIL when he became President Eisenhower allowed his son to serve in the Korean war only on one condition: that he promise never be captured alive
yVAoJ TIL of the Juukan Gorge in Western Australia. It is known primarily for a cave that was the only inland site in Australia with evidence of continuous human occupation for over 46,000 years, including through the last Ice Age. The cave was permanently destroyed by mining company Rio Tinto in May 2020
ne1Dr TIL that almost 1 of every 4 beds sold in the late Eighties was a Waterbed. Then the industry dried up in the Nineties.