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TIL that the British call crosswalks "zebra crossings"

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OobEe TIL that a man once held 20 hostages in the Canadian embassy in Beirut because the government of B.C., CA, wouldn't let him build an amusement park on a deserted island in Okanagan Lake.
9wN6m TIL that the species Lycosa aragogi is named after the spider Aragog from the Harry Potter book "The Chamber of Secrets"
lxNK TIL that Lawrence of Rome became the Patron Saint of cooking and firefighters after saying “I’m well done, turn me over!” while being burned alive
Eg46P TIL there's little to no evidence that ancient Roman culture discriminated social statuses based on skin color.
e01X4 TIL that when Bill the Butcher from the film Gangs of New York says the date his father died fighting the British ("the 25th of July Anno Domani 1814"), he's referencing the Battle of Lundy's Lane