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TIL that Italian students go to school 6 days a week

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OGVK6 TIL that winter term graduates at Middlebury College in Vermont ski down a mountain into their own graduation ceremony
a885N TIL that until 2001 it was legal for Austrian farmers from the Vorarlberg region, to blow up deceased cows on mountains. This was done to avoid transporting them by helicopter which would've cost about 1500$ more in today's money.
4gaJ TIL that in 1993, Clarence Aaron, a college student with no criminal record, was given three life sentences with no chance of parole for introducing two drug dealers. His sentence was commuted last month.
W4xB TIL a study conducted by American University found that the Toyota Camry (78.5%) and the Honda Accord (76%) both contain more domestic content than the ‘American’ Chevrolet Camaro (68%)
5YaZ8 TIL between 1990 and 1998 the population of water voles in the UK dropped from 2.2 million to just 354k or 750k, depending on the source.