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TIL French’s American Mustard is British Owned

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OPNY TIL that astronauts in zero gravity cannot burp, but they can fart.
d8YQK Everybody poops—around a pound a day, in fact—and everybody wants a clean butt. Good old TP has come a long way since the first commercial toilet paper was marketed 162 years ago, and you might be surprised at how much Research & Development goes into each roll.
W7M0N TIL that Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire co-starred in a movie called Don's Plum in 2001, but the movie was blocked from distribution in the US and Canada because they'd only agreed to star in a "short" film, not a "feature" film.
X0Mdr TIL that the highest score in a football match was a Madagascar championship match. 149-0, and 148 of those were own goals
8eQrb TIL The flashing pattern of a lighthouse light is called a characteristic. Sailors know what lighthouse it is by referring to all the patterns on a chart called a "light list."