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TIL that in the US it takes up to 5 business days to transfer money due to an outdated COBOL programming language but in the UK, transfers take merely seconds.

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l7xZG TIL, Water intoxication can happen if you drink too much water too fast and can be deadly
dD9aj TIL that Hiawatha was a real person, but Longfellow’s poem The Song of Hiawatha wasn’t really about him at all
Xv18 TIL that “New Car Smell” is actually a dangerous cocktail of hundreds of toxic chemicals
wox4E TIL that millions of US students watched the Challenger explosion live in schools
PYBkJ TIL that the Brooklyn Dodgers name stems from a nickname given in the 1890s to people who, in a matter of life and death, had to evade railcars speeding down the streets. They were known as trolley dodgers.