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TIL the Italian government gives 500 euros to teenagers on their 18 birthday to buy books

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x6Epb TIL that no US President has ever used the Emergency Alert System despite events such as the 9/11 attacks, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the Cuban missile crisis. It is believed that the audio-only EAS messages would actually hinder the ability of the media to present live news coverage.
kOgxE TIL The anarchist thinker Peter Kropotkin was a military officer turned geologist. In 1871 Kropotkin explored the glacial deposits of Finland and Sweden. In 1873, he published a map and paper in which he showed that the existing maps entirely misrepresented the physical features of Asia.
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ZYwo TIL that Puritans started a “War on Christmas” in the 17th Century, considering it hedonistic and heretical.