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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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6EB47 TIL that most of the Methane produced by cows comes from Belching and not farting
p8xRZ TIL: Tobey Maguire's Dad was a bankrobber in 1993
OGJP6 TIL there is a yearly celebration of male genitalia in Greece, happening during the Greek orthodox carnival season.
X7D6 TIL in 1954, former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke won his place in the Guiness Book of World records for drinking 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds.
Bg6GW TIL that the only mosquito in Iceland is preserved in Institute of Natural History. It was caught in the 1980s by University of Iceland biologist Gilsi Mar Gislason in the cabin of an Icelander airplane