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TIL To call a waiter’s attention at a restaurant in Myanmar you should make a kissing sound two or three times.

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dDWBd TIL that in 2022, Belle Isle Park in Detroit had to temporary close their giant slide due to people going down the slide at excessive speeds. Before closing, video of children going up and down the bumps on the slide and slamming back down were captured and posted on social media that scared some.
WZkB TIL Hitler was arrested for High Treason in 1924, of which the punishment is usually execution. The judge granted him clemency however, believing Hitler had good intentions.
QJVjM TIL On March 12 1951 two separate comic strips entitled Dennis the Menace debuted, one in the UK and the other in the USA
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