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TIL Poland uses clams to test their water supply

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v8oD TIL That a Japanese soldier was stranded on a island for 30 years, not knowing that the second world war had ended for 30 years. His commander came to the island to personally dismiss him in 1974.
Egy4o TIL comedian Andy Kaufman was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame last year.
1a64X TIL That John Lennon wrote "I Am The Walrus" simply because he wanted to mess with people who were trying to analyze The Beatles songs (but inevitably people tried to anyway)
VMDEG TIL about Senator's Strom Thurmond's 24h 18min filibuster to delay and obstruct the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957
68WJ TIL Airline food tastes bland because your taste buds go numb at high altitudes