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TIL you must be permitted access to any library that is part of FDLP, even the private ones that otherwise deny you entry unless you specifically remind them about their participation in the FDLP program.

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mxAYM TIL of the 'Banksy of Grammar', who at night would correct punctuation on shop fronts in the city of Bristol
5byk TIL of the term Elefantenrennen, which is German for Elephant Race. It refers to when one large truck attempts to pass another with little to no speed difference, preventing anyone behind them from passing.
6Lg8 TIL that wallabies in Tasmania were eating poppies and running around in circles, making tracks that were mistaken for UFO crop circles.
OokQg TIL that Aaron Sorkin would take 6-8 showers a day and putting on new clothes after each shower, to 'get a fresh start' when writing didn't go to well.
0wlpy TIL that American surgeon William Beaumont, the "Father of Gastric Physiology", researched human digestion by putting pieces of food on a string and poking them through an old gunshot wound in his handyman's stomach. He pulled it out on regular intervals to check on how well it had been digested.