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TIL there's 38 cities/towns/villages in Europe that claim to be "The Venice of the North"

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0y9M TIL that Americans consistently overestimate blacks and Hispanics’ share of the US population. They estimate on average that 33% are black and 29% Hispanic when the true figure is less than 13% for each.
DYMp TIL Americans with Disabilities Fought for Their Civil Rights by Crawling Up the Steps of the Capitol Building
nlkW TIL that there is so little genetic diversity in cheetah that they can accept donated organs from practically any other Cheetah with little fear of rejection
GYMag TIL that after a bone marrow transplant, a man’s semen contains only the donor’s DNA
5Vgbr TIL - The Stone of Destiny, an ancient stone on which Scottish monarchs had been crowned, was taken from Scotland, by King Edward I of England in 1296, and in 1950 4 Scottish students from the University of Glasgow stole the Stone from Westminster Abbey in London and took it back to Scotland