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TIL in several regions of Europe, a log is burned to celebrate Yule

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b9g64 TIL: The quote claiming that Neil Armstrong doesn't exercise because he believes that every human has a finite number of heartbeats is false. Neil did not subscribe to its thesis and only quoted the claim to disagree with it.
kQBW TIL there is a part of Route 66 in New Mexico where the grooves in the road play “America the Beautiful” as you drive over it.
dDEyZ TIL - Germany is on a list of countries that the USA monitors for currency manipulation
oBkvA TIL in the 1792 Presidential election, George Washington got 100.0% of the vote. Which was only 28,579 votes.
LQdRQ TIL that Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. She won twice and is the only person to win in two different sciences. She was unable to attend college legally, so she attended what was known as the 'Flying University,' a secret organization.