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TIL that automatic toilets waste 45% more water than manual toilets.

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pdEO TIL: In September 1940, four boys and a dog set out on an adventure in Dordogne, France.When the boys decided to explore the hole, they slid into a deep underground chamber where they discovered the most famous cave paintings in the world- the Lascaux Cave Paintings.
9wd17 TIL an advertising agency in New Zealand installed branded plates on benches so people wearing shorts would inadvertently advertise by leaving an impression of an ad on the back of their thigh.
Kd0w TIL that two trapped Australian miners asked for an iPod with music by the Foo Fighters to be sent down to them. Dave Grohl personally included a note saying “I want you to know that when you come home, there’s two tickets to any Foos show, anywhere, and two cold beers waiting for you.”
PYOPg TIL we perceive things as cute because of certain child-like traits that trigger a nurturing instinct. These traits include head-to-body ratio, eye and ear placement, smaller mouths, and rounder soft bodies.
WkOMA TIL that John Henry Patterson, the engineer famous for killing the Tsavo lions was, while Protestant, the leader of the first all Jewish military unit in WWI and is a celebrated person in Israel today