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TIL that Dutch national holidays do not guaranty a day off work.

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MeaQA TIL that Dolly Parton and her husband of 50 years have no children of their own.
YeNA TIL that (according to polls) Americans believe violent crime is getting worse & worse; when really U.S. violent crime is at or near All-time lows
j6Vpv TIL Of Tirpitz, who was a ship pig in WW1. Following the German loss at the Battle of the Falkland Islands the SMS Dresden was scuttled but Tirpitz escaped, was rescued by the British Navy, and was adopted by the HMS Glasgow.
4X6lb TIL the NY City water supply system leaks up to 36 million gallons of water a day
kM7 TIL that the founder of MADD left her organization, stating “It has become far more neo-prohibitionist than I ever wanted or envisioned.”