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TIL toilet paper is Costco’s best selling item, selling over a billion rolls at $400 million a year.

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VdZD TIL - astronauts on the international space station have faster internet than most Americas do at home.
QJDnL TIL That California’s Disneyland and Florida’s Disneyworld have a chronic issue of people spreading the ashes of their loved ones on rides. It happens at least once a month, and rides have to be shut so they can be cleaned.
b9BRp TIL that Yale University is named after Elihu Yale, "the most overrated philanthropist in history," instead of main philanthropist Jeremiah Dummer, because Dummer College would have been a bad name.
B98K TIL that copyright owners of factual compilations like maps and phone books will include mistakes on purpose as a “copyright trap” to catch illegal copiers in the act.
j6JRR TIL that foetuses do not develop consciousness until 24 weeks of gestation, thus making the legal limit of 22-24 weeks in most countries scientifically reasonable.