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TIL each year Canada Post receives a million letters addressed to “Santa Claus, The North Pole, H0H 0H0”. They reply to every one.

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lMyN TIL of Bishnu Shrestha, a retired Gurkha soldier, who was aboard a train attacked by a group of 40 thieves. When the thieves attempted to rape a passenger next to him, he pulled out his khukuri, proceeding to kill three of the attackers and injuring 8 more before the rest fled.
m10NE TIL that there are currently 9 million lead pipes that are still supplying drinking water to Americans
1ajKD TIL that there is a deadly stream in England that accelerates water from a 30-foot-wide river through a small gap called the Bolton Strid. Rumor has it that no one who fell in has ever gotten out alive.
rBvM TIL that the smell of women’s tears reduce men’s sexual desire
YpYN7 TIL That in the middle ages in Europe, using a fork instead of hands while eating was seen as unchristian and insulting to god.