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TIL that Spain is the only country in the world that has a monument to the liver - “The silent and unselfish organ.”

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j6JAN TIL: The British Ministry of Pensions distributed Invacars free to disabled people from 1948 until the 1970s. The Invacar was that vehicle.
woY9P TIL that the Roman Empire had twice the level of urbanization than Europe did at the start of the 19th century
P11VL TIL in 1965 the first Channel Crossing by car took place, using 2 Amphicars, the first amphibious mass-produced automobiles. They then drove to Frankfurt.
aWrL TIL that in 1894 Japan offered to buy the Philippines from Spain for 40 million pounds.
1JKD TIL Hunter S. Thompson typed out The Great Gatsby in its entirety several times so he would know what it felt like to write a masterpiece