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TIL Athletes in the Olympic Village reportedly used 70,000 condoms at the 2000 games, and 100,000 at the 2008 games. About 450,000 were provided in 2016.

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ZARa TIL that the red, white, and blue stripes on a barbers pole represent arterial blood, bandages, and venous blood respectively. This is due to the fact that barbers used to perform minor surgeries as well as grooming services.
NjRE TIL in 2001 a man wrestled a 7-foot bull shark to retrieve the severed arm of his nephew. After saving the boy the man dived back in, seized the shark and wrestled it to shore where a ranger shot it. The arm was pried from its gullet, put on ice, rushed to the hospital and successfully sewed back on
5YgxB TIL on Christmas eve in 1969, Willie Nelson got a phone call that his house outside Nashville TN caught on fire. Willie came home and rush into the fire. He manged to save his guitar Trigger and one pound of weed.
J1Oam TIL that the French have road signs with an addition of "RAPPEL" meaning "reminder". I just love that France puts up road signs in a passive-aggressive way showing telling you "You should have noticed the first time, but the speed limit is XX."
W0aA TIL that an Oregon police survey found that panhandlers outside of WalMart were making more than the employees working inside