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TIL that public holidays in Greece include the "Day of the No,'" which honors Greece's refusal to surrender to the Axis Powers in 1940

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0mY5 TIL: A Utah High School allowed students to use a real gun, loaded with blank rounds, in a High School production of Oklahoma! Student shot himself in head with it, not knowing that a blank can still kill at close range, and died.
16Kgr TIL: There's a prison in South Korea that helps overworked Koreans unwind and relax
gEb TIL Butterflies can remember things they learn as caterpillars
l7jjG TiL, the Original Definition of Inflation was the Printing of Worthless Dollars.
grMyy TIL Kids used to come up to Theodor Seuss Geisel's door saying that they want to meet Dr. Seuss. They didn't believe it when Geisel said "I'm Dr. Seuss", staring until his wife gave them cookies. Geisel had a fear of audiences, often declining requests to appear in public