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TIL that Justin Bieber has more followers on twitter than Canada has people (35,079,529) vs (35,002,400)

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epm94 TIL of Gingering; the practice of making an old horse appear young and lively by inserting a sprig of ginger into its anus.
epddE TIL that Madame de Pompadour, one of history's most famous mistresses, worried about her frigidity
6xEJ TIL the Staten Island Ferry, on a typical workday, makes 118 trips with 5 boats, carrying approximately 70,000 passengers on the 5-mile route between Staten Island and Manhattan, with a 96% on-time performance….for free.
9WEX TIL that boiling beans with the epazoté herb greatly reduces the gas the beans create while digesting
woyJ1 TIL Queensrÿche chose the spelling ryche instead of reich to avoid association with nazism. Ryche is a middle english cognate of the German reich, and it means kingdom, realm, or empire