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TIL that “merci beaucoup” is commonly mispronounced and most tourists are saying “thank you, nice bum”

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Z8xYv TIL of Private Sean Benton, one of four young Army recruits to die at Deepcut Barracks between 1995-2002. He died of five gunshot wounds to the chest. His death was ruled a suicide.
gMvw8 TIL that the Belize Barrier Reef is No Longer on UN’s Endangered List
GYMRg TIL: Canadian's have never said "Aboot", It's just near impossible for non natives to accurately mock A vowel only canadians (and parts of the US midwest) can pronounce.
xVyy1 TIL the axolotl can regenerate its limbs and parts of its brain. Its genome is also 10 times larger than the human genome. Today, scientists study the axolotl as a model of limb regeneration in vertebrates. There are only about 1,000 left in the wild.
kLy1 TIL that Mongols under the rule of Genghis Khan pulled the bowstrings of their bows back with their thumb instead of using a “Mediterranean draw” with three fingers, so to protect their thumbs, the Mongols invented a “thumb ring”