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TIL The Autobahn in Germany isn't just one special road, it refers to ALL major highways in Germany. All highways in Germany have sections without a speed limit!

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JYRO4 TIL that Martha Stewart dated Sir Anthony Hopkins, but broke up with him after seeing The Silence of The Lambs, because she couldn't not associate him with Hannibal Lecter
ADme4 TIL the oldest street in Europe is in Athens, Greece, called Tripodon Street, and is 25 centuries old.
vPdQx TIL some versions of the Ford Model T car had engines that ran on ethanol instead of gasoline.
Gm01 TIL that Paris Metro trains drive on the right rather than the left and its tunnels are narrower than main-line ones in order to prevent it from being absorbed into the national railway network
9YAaD TIL about Ewa Wiśnierska, a german paraglider that got surprised by a thunderstorm and got sucked up by a cumulonimbus cloud to an altitude of 10.000m (33.000ft). She survived temperatures of -50*C and extreme oxygen deprivation at a height higher than the Mt. Everest.