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TIL that Philipinos speak hundreds of languages, the main one of which is Tapsilog!

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7Qep TIL in 1965, the city of Amsterdam started the White Bicycle Plan that provided free public bicycles for anyone to go from place to place. Within a month, most of the bikes were stolen or found in canals.
yVnBl TIL that the first fax machine was invented several decades before Bell's telephone was patented.
wL5lP TIL Alexander the Great visited the philosopher Diogenes before he went on his campaign that would make him 'Great'. Alexander wanted to fulfill a wish for Diogenes and asked him what he desired. Diogenes replied "Stand out of my light."
wLKV6 TIL A convent of Mexican nuns, The Sisters of the Immaculate Health, is helping to save one of the world's most endangered and remarkable amphibians – The Axolotl, a creature of worldwide scientific interest, as they are able to regrow lost limbs and other body parts, which we hope to emulate.
R7Z9j TIL the Kansas City Mob used to operate a bar built over the MO-KS state line. When police from one state showed up, they’d simply move everyone to the other side, out of their jurisdiction.