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TIL that the urinals in Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport have the image of a fly etched into the basin. Men instinctively can’t resist a target so their bathrooms stay clean.

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gMb6X TIL Jackie Chan owns a house
mjPM TIL that in the late 80s, a mass moral panic swept across the US where many daycare providers were accused of ritual Satanic sexual abuse, with dozens jailed based solely on children’s testimony, who were coached by psychologists.
GApbj TIL: that babies are not born with the bacteria that causes cavities (S. mutans) and that the bacteria is transferred from someone else through saliva exchange. Parents who share food, cups, kisses, & lick pacifiers can transfer their bacteria and increase the baby’s chances of developing cavities.
V8VQ TIL Jules Verne penned a sequel to “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” called “The Mysterious Island” that told Captain Nemos back story.
awwaZ TIL the tiger blankets I've seen at the homes of multiple Mexican families are called San Marcos (and they have patterns other than tiger)