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TIL That during the temperance and Prohibition movements, it was a commonly believed myth that alcohol abuse could lead to spontaneous combustion.

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dDNK8 TIL: Llívia, a Spanish town with 1,511 residents, is entirely surrounded by France. This unique status stems from the 1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees, which ceded 33 villages in the Cerdanya region to France. However, Llívia was classified as a ‘town’ rather than a ‘village’ leaving it as part of Spain.
9wWnX TIL In the summer of 1936, Gerald Ford worked as a seasonal park ranger at Yellowstone National Park. One of Ford’s assignments was as an armed guard on the bear-feeding truck.
7aGX TIL the NYPD operates in 11 foreign cities, including London, Lyons, Hamburg, Tel Aviv and Toronto
a4Yb TIL the Volkswagen type 2 is still in production, but the last ones will be made this month, ending the longest production of one model in the auto-industry.
OKd1 TIL in Dante’s Inferno, bankers were placed in a lower rung of hell than murderers because Dante condemned excessive (>10%) of Interest on Loans.