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TIL that in East Germany a used car cost more than the same model cost brand new.

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9YaKQ TIL a Yosemite Park ranger said designing garbage cans for the park is a difficult task because they have to be easy enough for humans to open, but complex enough so bears can't, citing a "considerable overlap" between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.
81g8 TIL I learned there is ship called Women On Waves that offers women around the world abortions and reproductive health counseling in international waters.
BNAd TIL on November 5, 1995, a deranged man entered the home of the Canadian Prime Minister with the intention of assassinating him. He was thwarted in his attempt when the wife of the Prime Minister simply locked their bedroom door.
nMVG TIL Brazil is larger than the contiguous United States
5Nxk TIL that “A Scanner Darkly” was the first novel Philip K Dick wrote without the help of amphetamines.