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TIL: Cruise ships use up to 250 tons of fuel per day.

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rwMy TIL that sling bullets from the siege of Perusia (41 BC) have been found with phrases on them such as “catch”, “take this”, and “For Pompey’s backside”
rNBdM TIL that wild fans have been a thing at least since the 1800s when composer Lizst had to keep a dog so he can cut its hair to keep up with the demand for his hair locks
woGm8 TIL that, despite being widely taught in schools, the idea that different sections of the tongue are exclusively responsible for different basic tastes is a common misconception
R7Bm4 TIL there is an hermitage inside the crater of an inactive volcano in Spain
D1rkp TIL the word "skunk" is derived from a word that literally means pee fox