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TIL: In the UK if you have an STD when you get married the marriage is legally "voidable" and can be annulled

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5V5rr TIL the board game Clue is called Cluedo outside of the US because it’s a pun with the game Ludo, which in the US is known as Parcheesi so the pun wouldn’t work.
VB0Ek TIL that a combustion engine in a car running at 4000rpm will consume ~ 0.2 liters of gasoline per minute, and a staggering 10,000 liters of air per minute.
1arrP TIL: Major orange juice producers add chemical fragrances called "flavor packs" to their juice to provide the signature taste of their brand because OJ loses its flavor during pasteurization and de-oxygenation.
R7R51 TIL that in France, the movie "Cool Runnings" about the first Jamaican bobsled team is called "Rasta Rockett."
4X1Z5 TIL to prove that lotteries are a waste of money to her husband, a woman bought a lottery ticket only to end up actually winning $1 million dollars