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TIL over a third of the land in New Zealand is a protected National Park.

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l5nV TIL George Washington and Samuel Adams, both considered to be leaders of the American Revolution, refused to join a political party because they believed the idea would divide Congress. They’re instead only identified as Whigs, a common name for those supporting independence.
Zp5lp TIL that the Champs-Élysées is not just a "busy street", but a name derived from the Greek mythological concept of the Elysian Fields; Champs= fields + Élysées=Elysian (Palace), so it is literally just the farm out the back of the Elysian Palace and the road came later.
BrxEL TIL that a Jewish prisoner escaped from Auschwitz in 1944 disguised as an SS guard
yKpX TIL Every day 22 veterans on average commit suicide in the USA. That’s one suicide every 65 minutes.
E104p TIL that a mile was changed from 5,000 to 5,280 feet because when the Bible was translated into English, no one did the math.