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TIL a Dutch nursing home for people with dementia puts actual-size stickers of their former front doors on the doors to their rooms. This helps the patients find their rooms and gives the place a familiar feel.

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jJmM TIL Scallops have approximately 100 eyes around the edge of its shell
Z8PpR TIL that larch trees were planted in a German forest that displayed a giant swastika when viewed from above. The design remained visible for over 60 years until the reunified German government discovered the site from aerial photographs.
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