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TIL that German speaking countries have sinks specifically for vomiting called Speibecken or Kotzbecken

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E1Vgo TIL that during World War 2, 18 American shipyards produced 2,710 Liberty ships (a type of cargo ship), a rate of 3 ships every 2 days. Each ship took an average of just 42 days to complete.
PYMLe TIL that were was an ice cream brand called Star Spangled Ice Cream, which aimed to be a politically conservative counterpart to Ben & Jerry's (which they considered too liberal). Flavor names included "Smaller Governmint", "Iraqi Road" and "I Hate the French Vanilla".
rROnd TIL a slave from Mozambique called Yasuke was the first black samurai in the history of Japan
Z8YyG TIL that in the 1650s the Holy Roman Emperor allowed the Lutherans to build three churches. Petulantly, he stipulated that the churches be constructed in one year using only wood, straw and loam. In response, the Lutherans constructed the ornate Churches of Peace, now UNESCO world heritage sites.
Brbjb TIL there is a worm that looks kinda like a hammerhead shark