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TIL Over 30 percent of homes on the Navajo Nation are without running water.

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ZpgQ4 TIL the longest straight border in Australia, the WA/SA-NT border, isn’t straight at all. It moves 127 metres from the 129° E parallel halfway. 40yrs after two marked obelisks were placed on other sides of the continent, it was realised one was entirely in the wrong place—but kept the border anyway.
W7MZd TIL about the submarine USS Chopper, which in 1969 suffered an electrical failure while diving, causing it to point nearly vertically down and almost approach crushing depth. During the crew's efforts to regain control, the submarine eventually shot up nose up, nearly completely out of the water.
VMNLD TIL laser hair removal is sometimes used after gender reassignment surgery to remove hair growth in the vagina.
mxkwv TIL In 1995, the Blockbuster video rental chain had more than 4,500 stores. The company made $785 million in profits on $2.4 billion in revenues: a profit margin of over 30 percent. Much of this profit came from "late fees" on overdue rentals
YvPW TIL there is a volcano in Arizona that bears the name “Shit Pot Crater,” so named because it resembles a “toilet catastrophe.”