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TIL the Chinese invented toilet paper.

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5YNnP TIL that penguins can shoot faeces up to 4feet due to their strong rectal pressure.
JRg1 TIL the USS Pueblo crewmen stuck up their middle finger in photos when they were captured in North Korea. They said it was a “Hawaiian Good Luck sign”. Then the TIME magazine ran a photo and wrote the real explanation. The next day the Koreans found out what it meant, and the crewmen were tortured.
rRYYo TIL Countdown, the iconic UK gameshow which has run for 35 years to date, went no further than a pilot in the US, apparently because producers thought its premise was too "brainy" to appeal to the general American public.
Br8ee TIL of Aleksander Doba, a Polish kayaker known primarily for his long voyages across oceans. He kayaked across the Atlantic Ocean under his own power on three separate occasions. He completed his last crossing at the age of 70. His passages remain the longest open-water kayak voyages ever made
PY1lZ Have you ever dreamed of living on another planet? Well, it might not be as sci-fi as it sounds. In this episode of Today I Learned, astrobiologist and National Geographic Explorer Brendan Mullan lays out the blueprints for how we might terraform Mars.