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

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D1Y4j TIL that in 2009, four prison inmates saved a prison guard from another inmate. The heroes were in prison for crimes like assault and armed robbery and saved the guard because he treated them with a lot of respect.
l7XJ5 TIL: The Government of Canada has an office that creates coats of arms for Canadian citizens, and that all Canadian Citizens may apply to the Governor General for a coat of arms and even an officially-recognized personal flag
Yp5WG TIL McDonalds is banned from operating in Kingston, Jamaica due to a failed lawsuit against a local Jamaican restaurant named McDonalds Corporation Limited
QLJM TIL that in California and 3 other US states, “Ladies’ Night” are against the law because they are gender discrimination
wAp1 TIL Peanut butter in Dutch is called “Peanut cheese” because the word butter is only supposed to be used with products that contain actual butter.