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TIL free drink refills are banned in France

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rj5W TIL Paraguay is the only country in the Americas where more people speak a native language than a colonial one (90% Guarani vs 87% Spanish)
kBZe TIL that serial killer Ted Bundy was once genuinely in love with a woman with large dark hair parted down the middle. She rejected him. He then went on to kill over 30 known women, most of whom had long dark hair, parted down the middle.
YplQB TIL life on earth is estimated to exist for around 4 billion years ago. This means life, as far as we know it, has been a component of our universe for roughly 29% of its timeline.
GY4PJ TIL of the Burnside Fountain, "Boy With Turtle," infamous in a nearby town for its design. Sculptor Charles Y. Harvey killed himself a week after beginning the piece, claiming to have heard voices coming from inside the sculpture which instructed him to commit suicide on a specific date.
rRnYW TIL during WWII Germany used 2 ‘Lorenz beams’ to guide bombers at night over the U.K. Bombers followed 1 beam, then, when they crossed the 2nd beam, they dropped their bombs.