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TIL that the patent for the first cast iron fire hydrant was lost in the Great Patent Office Fire of 1836.

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6EpLZ TIL that the 10 most obese countries in the world are all located in Oceania according to data collected during a World Health Organisation study in 2016 about the prevalence of obesity among adults. Nauru is the most obese.
dvlj TIL The Diplomatic Immunity guy in Lethal Weapon 2 couldn’t have DI. He’d have Consular Immunity, making him subject to search, arrest, detainment and prosecution. DI is limited to embassy workers, and embassies can only exist in a host country’s capital city. Only a consulate can exist in LA.
wLbdP TIL There is a statue of Van Damme in a village called Vandam (in Azerbaijan)
VjQQ TIL that Christopher Mintz-Plasse, the actor who played McLovin in Superbad, was required to have his mother on set for his sex scene because he was 17 at the time.
yQgJM TIL that Jorge Luis Borges, Blind Argentinean Author, unironically licked a library book once like Terezi Pyrope