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TIL PCP is a lower schedule drug than cannabis.

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4m7J TIL that London cabbies study for years to take an exam called “The Knowledge of London,” requiring memorization of over 25,000 streets and many more businesses and landmarks.
dDxjd TIL that the Seine, Rhine, Thames, Elbe, Meuse, Amstel and Sheldt Rivers were all tributaries of a now lost mega river called the Channel River that flowed through the now sunken Doggerland to the Bay of Biscay, eighteen thousand years ago.
gM7J7 TIL astronomer Galileo Galilei thought Saturn’s rings were arms
Bg8Yd TIL about the Battle of Belleau Wood in 1918. Inexperienced US Marine battalions stopped attacks with makeshift trenches and rifle fire alone, fought through machine gun kill fields down to pistol and knife range and defeated the Germans despite more than 50% casualties including most officers.
61jm TIL that there was a now extinct species of crocodile that could gallop.