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TIL that Bermuda has no natural water source. Each house collects rainwater using white, stepped roofs.

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VReD TIL a bass player for Iggy & The Stooges enlisted in the US army, he wanted to go to Vietnam due to the cheap heroin available there.
9w4aG TIL that Farfalle pasta, commonly called bow-tie pasta in English, is named for butterflies in Italian and not neckwear.
WGY9 TIL: When Weird Al Yankovic, who is vegan, was asked how he can rationalize performing at events such as the Great American Rib Cook-Off, he replied, “The same way I can rationalize playing at a college even though I’m not a student anymore.”
E1eMW TIL that scientist Peter Turchin predicted in a 2012 article that the next apocalypse is in 2020, not 2012.
y4ae TIL the first student protest in the United States happened at Harvard in 1766 when a student yelled out “Behold, our butter stinketh!— give us therefore, butter that stinketh not.” This sparked The Great Butter Rebellion.