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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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WkMW9 TIL Tipping became popular in the US during the decades following the Civil War, when some US employers began encouraging their customers to tip, thereby avoiding paying African-American employees a decent wage
wL817 TIL that fist-bumping was made popular in the Vietnam War by black soldiers as a modified form of the black power salute.
GYNG4 TIL that about 90-95% of infants in films are played by twins or triplets, due to child labour laws that restrict how long they can be on set.
Egwp TIL there is a small nation inside Australia called the Republic of Awesome, population of 30 people.
4knjo TIL that Western zoos do not buy or sell animals to one another but trade them instead.