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TIL the Netherlands has a government-sponsored YouTube series of young people trying different illegal drugs

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lonyG TIL that those "baby on board" signs hanging in car windows serve a purpose of alerting first responders that there is a person in the vehicle that's unable to unbuckle themselves in the event of an accident
oKb7 TIL a herd of rare white deer live within the confines of the former Seneca Army Depot. When the base was open, the deer were inadvertently fenced off and subject to a genetic bottleneck. With the depot now closed, the deer have an uncertain future.
X0eaQ TIL that the giant gaming company, "Nintendo" was created in 1889 as the "Yamauchi Nintendo", a playing card manufacturer.
JY7y1 TIL Doggerland is the area of land connecting Great Britain to continental Europe. It was flooded by rising sea-levels (6500-6200 BC), turning Great Britain into an island.
KO8N9 TIL Hasbro has trademarked the smell of Play-Doh. It is described as a “sweet, slightly musky, vanilla-like fragrance, with slight overtones of cherry, and the natural smell of a salted, wheat-based dough.”