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TIL that Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has its own dialect of English called Pittsburghese.

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4mb6 TIL that 99 percent of Sweden’s garbage is now recycled and that they import waste from UK, Italy, Norway, and Ireland for its 32 waste-to-energy (WTE) plants.
MedEb TIL: The Trakehner breed of Prussian horses survived WW2 because an estate owner (Colonel Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten) escaped the Russian advance with 31 brood mares. He was home after being cashiered from the Wehrmacht for refusing to execute 15 captured American soldiers in Italy.
8e4Ja TIL The musical Sweet Charity (and its film adaptation) are based on Fellini's 1957 Italian film Nights of Cabiria.
6mQ7 TIL the world’s largest jellyfish – the lion’s mane – is longer than a blue whale.
Nkye TIL it’s more likely you will survive a plane crash or win the lottery than click a banner ad.