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TIL that a town in Italy banned people from keeping goldfish in bowls, because the structure of the bowl “distorts the goldfish’s view of reality”

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DQoQr TIL A Japanese researcher took his own life after his research revealed the presence of Fireblight in native pear trees, resulting in a government cover-up and him being blamed by farmers for their lost revenue
wLNkE TIL that both the Carpathia (which rescued Titanic's passengers) and the Californian (which was nearby but allegedly never saw Titanic's distress signals) were both sunk in WW1. Carpathia lies in 600 feet of water off of Ireland and California lies somewhere off of Greece but has never been found
kgwm TIL in some parts of India, there is a “No Toilet, No Bride” campaign, which promotes the use of toilets by encouraging women not to marry men who do not own a toilet.
JYk6v TIL that the iconic couple in the "American Gothic" painting are actually father and daughter, not husband and wife.
Xm0Q TIL that Starbucks serve a smaller and cheaper size than “Tall” (called “Short”), but don’t show it on their menus.