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TIL that UK supermarket chains source their bottled water in the same place

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9wMVX TIL The early "Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" shows were taped over by the studio the following day, including the week Harry Belafonte hosted.
a8OEL TIL that in 1997 Pope John Paul II had named St. Isidore of Seville as the patron saint of the Internet, as the seventh-century theologian and encyclopedist who wrote the sole encyclopedia for nearly a millenium around 650 AD.
EyLx TIL America’s poverty line was designed with the thought that every American household had a housewife who was a skilled cook, and has only ever been adjusted for inflation.
E1KlW TIL the Indian pitta (Pitta brachyura) gets its name from Telegu meaning "small bird" and it is called Arumani kuruvi or 6 o'clock bird in Tamil. It has a distinctive two note whistling call which is heard around 6AM and around 6PM. During migrations, the bird occasionally flies into people's homes.
m1ZLE TIL there is a song titled "10,000-Year Earworm to Discourage Settlement Near Nuclear Waste Repositories" meant to "convey[] the concept of radiological warning" so "no one will forget it for a significant portion of the lifespan of dangerous radiation at repository sites"