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TIL the city of Jakarta has a "No-car day" every Sunday, inviting pedestrians to use the streets for recreational activity instead

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GA1oJ TIL I learned that the Ottoman Empire won 4 out of 6 wars against Poland, with 1 being a draw and only 1 loss.
4JDg TIL upon discovering an abandoned printing press in Belgium during the first world war, British soldiers decided to start publishing their own satirical newspaper from the trenches.
QZwM TIL: During World War 2 many Black and White soldiers had children with German women. Those children of Black and White soldiers that were raised in Germany showed no discernible IQ differences unlike in the United States where there is a wide gap between Black and White IQs.
VBo4 TIL that the most successful pirate captain was a Chinese prostitute controlling 1,500 vessels and having 80,000 sailors working for her.
Pa4e TIL that “WKRP in Cincinnati” recorded on videotape rather than film because it made the music licensing rights cheaper