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TIL that the first ever sports superstar of Netherlands was a cricketer called Carst Posthuma and he later developed passion in growing roses rather than tulips in a country which had been earlier known for the popular speculative bubble "Tulip mania".

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yex8 TIL that today, March 21st, was proclaimed Afghanistan Day by Ronald Reagan because “To watch the courageous Afghan freedom fighters battle modern arsenals with simple hand-held weapons is an inspiration to those who love freedom.”
498N TIL. AAA will take you and your car home for free! if you feel tipsy, Please call!
wmlW TIL that an influential feminist theorist published that E=MC2 is a sexist equation for giving the speed of light too much privilege and that men cannot understand fluid mechanics because they don’t menstruate which leaves them unfamiliar with fluids.
v1ojr TIL After a bite from the inland taipan, your muscles start to dissolve into your blood. A typical cause of death is then kidney failure because they can not handle processing all the dissolved muscle tissue.
bJ1Q TIL 50% of Toronto’s populace was born outside Canada