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TIL It took 50 minutes for Detroit police to respond to the call that Rosa Parks was beaten and robbed in her own home in 1994 - street justice was faster

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neyJY TIL that French fry carts in the Netherlands are like hot dog carts in NYC, they’re on almost every corner! The Dutch love their French fries with mayonnaise, called patat met. ????
OodYL TIL limonene (an extract from citrus peels) was used as an experimental liquid rocket fuel, and blanketed the entire testing area with the smell of lemon oil whenever it was fired.
a87WA TIL of Vitalis of Gaza, a monk who paid prostitutes his daily wages to dissuade them from the profession. The women he served later carried him to his grave, processing him with candles and lanterns. The Catholic Church venerates him as the Patron Saint of Prostitutes and Day Laborers.
M7OXW TIL Mozart wrote music for the Glass Armonica.
OG8R TIL that the fastest growing religion in North America and Europe is not Islam, but Buddhism