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TIL Sushi is the vinegared rice, not the raw fish (or other) that comes when you order it.

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epZPL TIL in 2012, a California high school student was directed to urinate in a bucket in a supply room closet after a teacher mistakenly believed that bathroom breaks were not permitted. In 2017, a court ordered the school district to pay the student $1.25 million.
R5ve9 TIL Salt Spring Island off the coast of Vancouver Island has their own currency in circulation since 2001 and are accepted by local businesses on par with Canadian currency. Salt Spring Dollar bills feature images of local historical figures and art work by island artisans
E1wDp TIL a Dutch designer recreated the bridges found on the Euro banknotes which are supposed to be fictional to not favour a country
ADoBx TIL that thread is measured in lengths called Lea (120 yds/110 m), Hank (a length of 7 leas) and Spyndle (14,400 yards/13,200 m), and Thread (54 inches/1.4 inches). Denier refers to the weight (in g) of 9000 m of thread. A single thread of silk 9000 m long weighs about a g, so it's 1 denier.
R77K6 TIL 20 minutes spent on the London Underground's Northern Line is as bad for your lungs as smoking a cigarette.