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TIL there is a library in Denmark called the Human Library where you can borrow a person instead of a book and listen to them talk.

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w8RM TIL there are homeless shelters called Wet Houses that allow alcoholics to drink, rather than requiring abstinence, and they seem to work
oBlOo TIL that from 1931 until 1932, two young Black American women toured Europe together - writing articles on their experiences in each country - for the nation's best selling Black newspaper, 'The Chicago Defender'. Among other events, they observed the rise of the Nazi movement in Germany.
KvKE TIL Steve Jobs would sue companies after they would help create something for apple. (They also didn’t create anything on their own)
R7yV7 TIL from Anglo Saxon times up to 1823 suicides in England were buried at crossroads with a stake through their hearts.
ZpMna TIL during the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, an entire train station, with its buildings, trains, and platforms, was swept into the ocean by a mudslide. 112 people were killed, plus an additional 200 people living in the vicinity.