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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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RkwQ TIL “Tittynope” is a word
rRMd TIL Iceland is a Non-African state member of the African Union
MeZLA TIL a Canadian engineer studying anti-ballistic missile systems developed a theoretical method for launching satellites via canon. He was likely assassinated by the Mossad in 1990
Oo0vg TIL that the lunar surface is strewn with more than 100 manmade items, from bags of urine to monumental plaques.
x67mD TIL about Daisen Kofun, the tomb of 5th century Japanese emperor Nintoku, and largest tomb in the world by surface area