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TIL and I read about Ginkgo Avenue, Meiji Jingu Gaien Park

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vRX8 TIL that in the US trial by combat is still technically an alternative to civil cases
xVbAb TIL There are hardly any publishing houses devoted to African languages while prizes given to promote African literature have the condition that the writers don’t write in African languages. South Africa is one of the few countries where publishers are committed to publishing African languages
K5J6 TIL that Disney World is located in and governed by the Reedy Creek Improvement District, a jurisdiction created by Disney that is exempt from all Florida land use laws
E1bNo TIL Chinese debtors shamed with broadcast of names and faces on giant screens on May 1 holiday
D1xNj TIL a man had a heart attack at a grocery store in rural Minnesota, 20 people lined up and performed CPR on him for over an hour and a half until paramedics arrived and he survived.