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TIL When it snows in the Netherlands, Dutch police look for cannabis growers by spotting rooftops without snow

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a8dBM TIL that archaeologists from Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History announced the discovery of the city Ocomtún in June 2023, after finding the ruins of several pyramid structures measuring approximately 15 m. The site consists among others, of a Maya ball game court.
WRx9 TIL that despite only making up .02% of the worlds population, Jews have won 22% of Nobel Prizes.
0dJBR TIL about Terence Tao, a prodigious mathematician often dubbed the 'Mozart of Mathematics' and considered the greatest living mathematician. Tao, who boasts a 230 IQ, began university-level math at age 9 and has won the prestigious Fields Medal
LQRGp TIL that Nauru, the world’s smallest republic at 21 sq km, has no official capital city. This tiny island nation in Micronesia once had huge wealth from phosphate mining but faced economic collapse after the resources ran out.
wL4O8 TIL that Merian C. Cooper, director of the original King Kong, led the Kościuszko Squadron (a 21-American volunteer air force) in battle against the Soviet 1st Cavalry Army, saving the city of Lwów and stopping the spread of communism throughout Europe.