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Today I learned no NBA player has ever been born in Vermont

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7rJLO TIL that two of the oldest amusement parks in the world that can still be visited today are in Denmark. Bakken in 1583, and Tivoli Gardens in 1843. Notable visitors to these parks that took inspiration from them include H.C. Andersen and Walt Disney.
ANpP4 TIL: there are otter gangs in Singapore who fight for territories. It is well followed by the locals and the press. Each gangs has names and reputations.
oR4wR TIL that American Cheese was originally cheddar cheese, known as American or Yankee Cheddar and was being exported back to England by 1790. After James L. Kraft patented a method for manufacturing processed cheese in 1916, the term "American Cheese" was used to refer to Kraft's processed version.
VBvpD TIL: about Krystyna Skarbek, a Polish agent of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). She became a British agent months before the SOE was founded in July 1940. She was the first female agent of the British to serve in the field and the longest-serving of all Britain's wartime women agents.
v1Q7j TIL that USSR detonated a Nuclear Bomb to extinguish a gas fire (255 Urta-Bulak)