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TIL that people in England previously called football, soccer.

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9YaB7 TIL: China’s ongoing toilet revolution aims to replace open-pit latrines with safe, sanitary toilets and septic systems, to reduce the spread of parasites and diseases, and improve waste treatment.
D1Zvr TIL that there is a man called José Salvador Alvarenga who holds the Guinness World Record for longest time being lost at sea. He was lost for 438 days in a boat that was about 7 meters long and almost one meter wide. He survived by eating raw fish, turtles and birds and by drinking rain water.
6EX5Z TIL After North Korea banned Choco pies, South Korea airlifted 10,000 of them across the DMZ with balloons
O08R TIL That the current US flag was designed by a 17 year old who originally got a B- grade for it.
47Pa TIL that competitive full contact fighting in medieval suits of armor is a thing, and it is brutal.