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TIL More than 55% of the Dutch people live outside of the Netherlands.

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x6bnb TIL Astronauts of the first Apollo crew, Apollo 7, had to wait until 2008 to be honored with the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. All other Apollo astronauts received the award almost four decades earlier. Apollo 7 was deemed to be a "101% success"
neBpo TIL in 2006 Turkmenistan leader cancelled pensions to a third of pensioners saying payments were inflated. The same leader who reportedly banned gold teeth, smoking, video games, recorded music, lip-syncing, makeup on newscasters, owning more than one cat/dog, young men from growing beards/long hair
a8wZL TIL that the Turia river in Valencia was permanently diverted after constant flooding causing damage to surrounding areas, the old riverbed is now a verdant sunken park.
yQYjV TIL about Kirigami a variation of origami that includes cutting of the paper, rather than solely folding the paper as is the case with origami, but typically does not use glue.
Zp9kQ TIL that Joseph Petrosino an NYPD officer, warned President McKinley that there was an assassination plot due to take place against him, in Buffalo New York. McKinley brushed off the warning, and was duly assassinated.