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TIL that France is the country with the most roundabouts in the world with 42,986 roundabouts throughout the country

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Z8VPo TIL That Dutch Ovens "...were so valuable that wills in the 18th and 19th centuries frequently spelled out the desired inheritor."
M7pNV TIL that the “Ulfberth” swords from the Frankish Empire became so popular among Viking raiding parties, that the Emperor imposed a ban on selling them. The ban led to neighboring countries making knock-off copies and selling them to the Vikings instead.
Z8kyo TIL We are designed to create stories as soon as we have enough informations available. The heider-Simmel illusion is a perfect example of it, as we only see triangles, lines and a circle, but still understand it as "a good one helping a circle to escape from the bad triangle after a fight".
9obp TIL the sanitary napkin was invented in 1919 because Kimberly-Clark needed a post-war product that used the material they developed for WWI bandages. Kotex stands for “cotton textile.”
lNE5 TIL a man stole a pair of socks worth $2.50 at age 33, was convicted in 1995 and received a life sentence due to the three-strike law as he had two prior convictions for robbery in 1981, at age 19.