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TIL that, in California, 4th grade students are expected to “Understand the environment of Internet anonymity and that not everyone on the Internet is truthful and reliable.” (3.1c)

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0wP51 TIL that Sweden switched their entire traffic system from the left side of the road to the right side in a single day in 1967 called “Dagen H”, the most logistically complex event in Sweden’s history.
E1gjx TIL that Oslo city council decided to forbid cars from entering the city by 2019
Y79rA TIL about Richard Sakakida, an American spy operating in the Philippines before the attack on Pearl Harbor, who spied on the Japanese community in Manila before he was captured after the fall of Corregidor. During his capture, he was tortured and eventually led a jailbreak of about 500 prisoners.
16V6O Today I learned that the world's largest parking lot is at the West Edmonton Mall in Canada and has 20,000 spaces. An adjoining overflow parking lot has an additional 10,000 spaces.
rRBV4 TIL: Saudi Arabia carries out crucifixions.