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TIL the Mercedes G-Wagon is not actually made by Mercedes but by an Austrian company Magna Steyr.

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woop8 TIL about Khuk Khi Kai, a jail in Thailand which was designed so that prisoners were subjected to a regular shower of chicken poop
grg4W TIL Pacific Ocean prawns mature as males then transition to females, though a very few are female from birth.
4kvMX TIL the "Nutrition Facts" label on packaged food sold in the US is regulated by the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990, which was signed into law by President George H. W. Bush.
m1Yyp Today I learned that upper class women in the Tudor era exposed their breast for fashion. Even Elizabeth was known to greet the French ambassador with her entire breast exposed according to one article by Louis Montrose. It is even documented she would sometimes have her belly exposed as well!
awkZZ TIL about the world's purest fresh water. This water has been found on the southern tip of Chile, in a town called Puerto Williams, after numerous scientific studies. The water has been found to have only two chemical parts per million, hence making it the world's cleanest.