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MeW0V TIL that an Aussie Prime Minister, who is presumed to have drowned back in 1967, has a swimming centre named in his honour
vP1vK TIL that Bullitt's Lick, a salt lick near Shepherdsville, Kentucky, was the first commercial supplier of salt in Kentucky, and its saltworks was the first industry in Kentucky.
YpwlG TIL that Al Stewart quit song writing in the 1970s & moved to London to play cover songs. His neighbor Paul Simon rejuvenated his passion & happenstance led him to write "Year of the Cat." He thought it had no commercial appeal so he made it the last track on a 1976 album. It still pays his rent.
Bj6x TIL that in a “navy shower” or “combat shower”, soldiers turn the water off during a shower. They get themselves wet for 30 seconds, lather while the shower is off, then rinse for one minute or less, saving water and energy. A “Hollywood shower” is the opposite, a long shower using much water.
4r5g TIL that there is a popular internet meme based on the Pokemon character Slowpoke.