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TIL Central Park is only NYC’s fifth-largest park

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d88Gr TIL that the shop made crepes in Leclercs supermarkets are only cooked on one side!
XE0br TIL In 2013, a Pizza Hut GM Stood Up and Refused to Force His Employees to Work Thanksgiving, Believing They Should Get to Spend Time With Family Instead.
9m0G TIL there are less than 100 Javan rhinos left in the entire world, and they are all located in one national park.
KYO7B TIL that Richard Gere was banned from being an Oscar presenter in 1993 when denouncing the situation in Tibet when he was announcing the nominees. This led to him being banned from visiting China and most of the main Hollywood studios blackballed him, so he mostly acted in independent films
vK9D TIL that Winston Churchill required a pressurized chamber known as the Life Pod to fly due to his health. It included a phone, an ashtray and an air circulation system so he could smoke.