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TIL there’s a Bavarian themed town in the Blue Mountains of Georgia

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VvxQ TIL that during the 2005 French riots, up to 1408 cars were burned per night across the country. The government declared that the riots had ended when, after three weeks of chaos, only 98 cars were burned per night (“return to a normal situation everywhere in France”).
QlgM TIL that DNA has a 521-year half-life
WbK4 TIL it is perfectly acceptable to start a senstence with a conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet)
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