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TIL that the actual reason that toilets have a half flush and full flush is because half is for only for liquids and full is for solids. Never realised that until now.

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epn54 TIL that people snort cocoa powder for a high
6EARW TIL of the Ikh Khorig, or Great Taboo: an area of almost a hundred square miles in Mongolia believed to contain Genghis Khan's resting place. The area was patrolled by elite guards and their descendants for centuries, and was only opened to archaeologists in 1989.
yVAPv TIL that the RMS Carpathia, the ship that picked up the Titanic survivors, was sunk by a German submarine six years later.
rMx1 TIL 12 attoseconds is currently the shortest measurable amount of time… one attosecond is the time it takes for a beam of light to travel from one hydrogen atom to another.
ADydo TIL the very first musical guest on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" -- his 2nd ever show in September 1993 -- was a little-known English band called Radiohead.