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TIL that the plural of hovercraft is hovercraft

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6ElJw TIL Around 40,000 Irish fought for the Confederate Army in the US Civil War
pYo48 TIL the reason that purple has traditionally been associated with royalty was because, in Ancient Rome, the only source of purple was milking and fermenting the liquid from a snail. It took 12,000 snails to produce 1 gram of dye! This made the Caesars declare it their exclusive color.
Y7Vr7 TIL in some regions, eating hippo meat can be dangerous due to their susceptibility to anthrax, which can transmit to humans.
wPJ7 TIL France used to hold impotence trials, where wives could sue their husbands if he had ED. The husband would have to prove that he could get hard in court. If he couldn’t, his appeal would be a Trial by Congress, where the couple would have sex to prove the husband could fulfill his marital duties
XXxr TIL that porn featuring small breasted women is illegal in Australia