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TIL The ATMs in the Vatican City are the only ones in the world to offer Latin as a language display option

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W7WE4 TIL in French Indochina(now Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia) in the 1890s, an alcohol monopoly was established to displace local Chinese entrepreneurs and to generate revenue. The monopoly then expanded to opium and salt.
AdPx TIL that a Roman general named Marcus Crassus created Rome’s first firefighting crew with a team of 500 men. His team would respond to a fire, and then Crassus would force the owner of the burning building to sell him the property at an exorbitantly low price, or let it burn to the ground.
YYp7 TIL Franklin D. Pierce, 14th President of the United States, was asked what he would do next as he was leaving office. He replied, “There’s nothing left [to do] but get drunk.” Twelve year later, he died from cirrhosis of the liver.
kJXbg TIL of Bar Convent, a secret catholic covenant and one of the first schools for girls in England; during renovations it had a dome built that cannot be seen from the outside and 8 escape routes in the chapel to avoid worshipers being arrested.
epvEE TIL an American cyclist covered 4,707 km (2,925 mi) to create the 'world's largest GPS drawing by bicycle' in memory of her dog, Slinky. Kristy Bellmer started the 2-month journey on Slinky's birthday. Beginning & ending in Amsterdam, she went through Belgium, France, Switzerland, Germany & Czechia.