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TIL that most toilets in Hong Kong are flushed with seawater in order to conserves the city’s scarce freshwater resources

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d8NrQ TIL that the “actor” in Hook that is put into the Boo Box is none other than Academy Award Actress Glenn Close. She can definitely rock a beard, and those screams terrified me as a kid.
g5LD TIL Vincent van Gogh painted “Starry Night” while he was in an insane asylum.
rEXo TIL Malta holds the record for the longest sustained bombing attack at 154 consecutive days and nights during WWII. For their resilience, every citizen on the island was awarded Britain’s George Cross for bravery.
VEKQ TIL NASA has predicted a near collision course with a 300m wide meteorite they’ve named Apophis (Egyptian God of Death and Darkness) in 2036.
9wJlQ TIL a bus monitor received 700k from a go-fund me after a video of 7th graders relentlessly bullying her was uploaded online