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TIL there's a carousel in Harlem where the animals are designed after children's drawings

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ANJRg TIL that of all the restaurants that have been featured on Guy Fieri's "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives", '224 of the 1,498 (and counting)Triple D restaurants have closed, which comes out to just shy of 15%.'
b9Wl9 TIL after capturing Alexandria, Diocletian ordered his soldiers to kill until the blood reached his horse's knees. As if on cue, the horse fell, staining its knees in blood. He took the gods' hint, and stopped the massacre. After he left, the Alexandrians erected built a statue in the horse's honor.
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