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TIL Turkish garbage collectors have created a library from discarded books.

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N7ZYN TIL after the prohibition in the US, about one-third of the states established government monopolies to control the sale of alcohol. These monopolies still exist in 17 states. They're generally known as ABC Stores.
l7Bjr TIL Best Supporting Actor Nominee Barry Keoghan's mother died of a heroin overdose and he spent 7 years in foster care in 13 different foster homes
9wdYB TIL there is a difference between Sorbet and Sherbet despite misuse of both words. Sorbet is just fruit and sugar, whereas Sherbet contains a tiny bit of dairy for richer and creamier consistency.
vEQ4 TIL That sunspots are correlated with revolutionary behavior and other human mass excitability events.
xVeeD TIL Belgium has so many political parties, that they faced a problem when 11 parties received a significant amount of votes in 2010. It eventually took 541 days for a majority of parties to agree to work with each other.