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TIL that the river Wanganui in New Zealand was the first river in the world to have legal personhood. The river Ganges followed shortly after.

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JYJmB TIL that while Australia and New Zealand commemorates ANZAC Day, each year on 25 April Italy commemorates the end of Nazi occupation during World War II and the victory of the Resistance in Italy
PQlG TIL 4% of lost remote controls will be in the fridge or freezer.
0w84N TIL that the “Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee” scene in the movie Grease, which features a line about Elvis, was filmed on the same day he died.
4V4a TIL in 2007 a man bled green blood
xVLnk TIL in 1989 96 people were killed at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England after they were crushed due to overcrowding. Although match attendees and hooliganism were first cited as the cause, a 2016 inquiry found the police to be at fault due to their mismanagement of the crowd.