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TIL Germany has the highest number of men who sit down to pee in Europe and they are called Sitzpinklers

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OG8x6 TIL multi-track recording was invented by Ross Snyder in 1955. His 8-track recorder, named the Sel-Sync machine, was sold to Les Paul for $10,000. It became known as the "Octopus". Les Paul, Mary Ford and Patti Page used the technology in the late 1950s to enhance vocals and instruments.
a8dJo TIL that tardigrades, also known as water bears, can survive extreme conditions, including space vacuum and radiation.
neBkP TIL that in Roman times, urine was used by slaves in wool-making and was so important to the process of fulling that it was actually taxed.
ogWA TIL that the Unabomber, the Shoe Bomber, the Atlanta Olympic Park bomber, the 1993 World Trade Center bombers, and one of the Oklahoma City bombers are all incarcerated at the same prison.
6Vv7 TIL that penguins can drink salt water because they have a supraorbital gland, which lets them filtrate the salt from the water.