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TIL that there’s a Fish Doorbell in Utrecht, Netherlands, where viewers ring the bell to help fish pass through a boat lock

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E19R0 TIL that a 12 year old whisky will always remain a 12 year old whisky as it does not mature in the glass bottle.
QN4ok TIL that in 1926, during Prohibition, New York City enacted a law that banned dancing in all bars and restaurants that didn't have an expensive cabaret license. The law wasn't officially repealed until October 2017, 91 years later.
W7yY4 TIL John Steinbeck spent two months rewriting 'Of Mice and Men' after his dog ate the only copy of the original manuscript.
X0XAE TIL in 1962, the US accidentally dropped two nuclear bombs over North Carolina. Fortunately, neither of the bombs detonated.
9YmZB TIL that the very first Nobel Prize in Physics went to Wilhelm Röntgen for his discovery of X-rays.