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TIL William Penn's 1682 design of Philadelphia had a rectangular grid pattern with evenly spaced lots for residents to have private outdoor space for gardens and retain a sense of country living within the rapidly-expanding city

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4k9e6 TIL Cold directly influences the results of therapy for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia and is one key to deminiaturization of the hair follicle.
68AJ TIL of Burning Log, a Canadian TV show that is nothing but an uninterrupted loop of logs burning in a fire. It only airs around Christmastime and is a critical and ratings success.
LkD89 TIL that Rene Auberjonois, who played Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space 9, is the fourth great nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte
Z8Zya TIL after reading the script for ‘Stop! Or My Mother Will Shoot,’ Arnold Schwarzenegger thought it was so bad that he leaked fake interest in the film to the press to get rival star, Sylvester Stallone, to try to steal the role. It worked and Stallone starred in the critical and commercial flop.
XnME TIL Will Smith turned down the role of Django in Django Unchained because it wasn’t the lead role. Smith explained, I was like, ‘No, Quentin, please, I need to kill the bad guy!’”