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TIL about Bakken in Denmark. It's the oldest still operating amusement park in the world (Guinness book of records). It was founded in 1583.

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P1JlL TIL that abolitionist John Brown’s attack on the Harper’s Ferry Armory was suppressed by Colonel Robert E. Lee.
OR71 TIL over 300 incidents of child murder occurred in 1700s Germany and Austria due to incidents of “suicide by proxy”. Religious people were killing young children in order to have the government execute them so they could get into heaven.
Q5Ne TIL in V for Vendetta, the motto of Norsefire, the totalitarian fascists that conquer Britain and create a Nazi-esque dictatorship, is “Make Britain Great Again”
5VrrP TIL that Billboard's list of top played country music songs was originally known as the "Hillbilly Records" chart, later changing to "Country and Western" in 1949.
mxbXR TIL Non-profit Dog is my CoPilot has shuttled over 15,000 animals from high shelter population areas to adoption centers throughout the US.