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TIL there is a female urinal called The Pollee.
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KY8EJ
TIL about the Human Death Spiral - the cycle of ultimately disasterous industrialization that filled the world with cars, which leads to sprawl that requires cars, which leads to even more cars, etc
Me6k0
TIL that many starving children in developing nations appear bloated with swollen bellies due to a condition called kwashiorkor, an illness related to malnutrition caused by a lack of protein resulting in an osmotic imbalance where the cells hold onto too much water.
5Y98k
TIL that in January 2014, seven-year-old Charlotte Benjamin sent a handwritten letter to Lego complaining there were "more Lego boy people and barely any Lego girls". In June 2014, Lego announced a new "Research Institute" collection featuring female scientists which sold out within a week.
KXZJ
TIL Debbie Harry of Blondie was a playboy bunny
XEmOj
TIL the US Department of Defense spent $486 million on 20 planes for the Afghan Air Force which flew a total of 234 hours before being sold as scrap for $32,000.