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TIL that Wincanton, in Somerset, UK is twinned with Ankh-Morpork--a fictitious town from Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" series of books--and that the town is the first to name streets after their fictional equivalents.

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ZpeLp TIL that Hyochang Park in South Korea was originally used as a royal cemetery. Under Japanese rule, the cemetery was turned into a golf course, leaving the graves directly in the line of play. The park now contains a museum dedicated to Kim Koo, a leader in the independence movement against Japan.
OM06 TIL Canada was invited to join the United States in the Articles of Confederation in 1777
E1X97 TIL That “old people house smell” is caused by our bodies releasing more of the chemical 2-nonenal as we age
BgKxD TIL about Atalanta, a heroine from Greek mythology who offered to marry any suitor who could outrun her in a race, but could defeat any man in a race, until Hippomenes got some help from Aphrodite to beat her in a race.
lo9l7 TIL about the WW2 battle between the destroyer USS Borie and U-405, in which the two ships collided and became locked together. The crews had to resort to fighting at close range, with small arms and anything they could get their hands on. One German sailor was even killed by a thrown sheath knife.