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TIL an architect tricked China into building a giant dong

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v15g4 TIL that the EV charging standard "CHAdeMO" is named after the Japanese phrase "O cha demo ikaga desuka," which translates to "How about a cup of tea," alluding that an EV can be charged using the standard in the time it takes to have a cup of tea.
GAra4 TIL that white-tailed deer were hunted so much in the 18th and 19th centuries that only 300,000 or so were around by 1900; by 2000, the population had recovered to over 30 million
5Yjlk TIL the moon has a barely discernible atmosphere compared to the Earth, which is why the moon is covered in impact craters from passing meteorites & space debris when compared to the Earth, where most spacial detritus burns up before impact.
YJDG TIL that in developing countries, the use of birth control has lowered maternal deaths by 43%, and if full demand were met it could be reduced by as much as 73%.
e0Vdg TIL that Schlitz was the number one beer in America in the early 1950s and then they started changing ingredients to cut costs. By 1975, consumers complained that the beer was forming "snot" in the can, and by 1981 the company folded.