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TIL The Typical U.S. Home Changes Hands Every 13.2 Years

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yQlAJ TIL smoking is more likely to cause bladder cancer than lung cancer and that is due to all toxins ending up down there before being flushed down the toilet.
QNnA6 TIL that it is illegal for certain Canadians and all Canadian companies to comply with US sanctions against Cuba
X0kmE TIL that during a 2011 music festival, K-pop singer Taeyeon from Girls’ Generation‘s was nearly kidnapped off stage in the middle of a performance.
wdxW TIL that in 192, the Roman emperor Commodus declared himself the new Romulus and “re-founded” Rome. He then renamed a bunch of things in his own honor, including the city itself and the names of the 12 months (which he changed to correspond with his 12 names)
14nO TIL that since 1980 about 40% of the top honours in men’s long distance international athletics have gone to Kenyans from a single tribe, the Kalenjin.