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TIL an IKEA in the Netherlands had to cancel their 1 euro breakfast special because it attracted too many customers and caused traffic jams on the highway.

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LBEr TIL In early 1943, an underground Jewish resistance was formed at Treblinka, a Nazi concentration camp. Some 700 Jews launched the uprising in August 1943. Only 200 managed to escape the camp and only 70 are known to have made it until the end of the war. Treblinka was closed after the uprising.
GZ04 TIL Dogs sneeze when playful so that rough playing doesn’t turn into a fight.
mABP TIL: In 2005, the BBC asked readers to vote for individual band members to create an “ideal supergroup.” They voted for Led Zeppelin
l7l77 TIL despite little to no mention in the Bible, King Herod's Palace Fortress was a mere 6km from Bethelem (place of Jesus Christ's birth). King herod was known for his brutal reign and magnificent construction projects. I discovered it while working on a historical diorama for my local church.
vPBX8 TIL that the Silnas brothers, owners of the St. Louis Spirits of the ABA, refused a buyout of $3 million from the NBA in 1976 and instead negotiated a 1/7th share of TV rights (in perpetuity) with each of four future NBA teams. That TV deal made them over $800 million by 2014.