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TIL that there is a bike highway network crossing through all of Europe

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Aa84 TIL that in 1985, 39 Juventus fans died in the Heysel stadium just before the start of the European Cup Final. After some debate, organizers decided to celebrate the game anyway. The players, unaware of the disaster, playd the final while the corpses were still visible in the stands
ap5y TIL that a serial killer with the highest known victim count since 1900 will be released from jail in about 9 years.
a8WKJ TIL selling child abuse material wasn't ruled to be outside of first amendment protections until 1982.
kOdW4 TIL movie frame rates were originally measured in feet of film per minute instead of in frames per second, which is where the term “footage” came from
e0AV4 TIL Pres. Ronald Reagan was a huge fan of Jelly Beans and once wrote to the head of Jelly Belly, saying "It's gotten to the point...where we can hardly start a meeting or make a decision without passing around a jar of jelly beans"