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TIL that India has a problem with millions shitting in public.

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l7Pd1 TIL that there are two shipwrecks that touch each other in Apra Harbor in Guam. The interesting part of this is that one wreck - German SMS Cormoran - was sunk in WW1, and the other - Japanese Tokai Maru - was sunk in WW2.
5VrE8 TIL that poached monkeys are sometimes falsely labeled as captive-bred research animals. This is called monkey laundering.
1anZ7 TIL a stand up comedian, in a wheelchair, won a treadmill on "The Price is Right"
6EOl TIL bread tie colors have a specific meaning
7rRL7 TIL the first time Dr. Henry Heimlich ever used the Heimlich maneuver was in 2016 when he was 96-years-old. An 87-year-old woman living in the retirement home where he resided began choking on a piece of meat and Dr. Heimlich saved her life.