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TIL that Socrates complained about “kids these days” in much the same way that people do today.

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6EnkW TIL about the Bolton Strid. Running through Bolton Abby in Yorkshire, England is a 6-foot wide, seemingly calm stretch of water that has claimed the lives of anyone who ever entered it.
JRAm TIL there is a scale model of the solar system within the Boston area. It spans 10 miles with Earth being 3.2 cm in diameter.
9wJ46 TIL in 🇮🇪 the TV licence man can entre your home without a warrant
EgnJ0 TIL the average Swiss resident takes the train about 70 times per year, more than any other European country
ML4K TIL that in WW1 only two nations did not execute their soldiers for desertion, the United States and Australia.