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TIL There is an international zipline between Spain and Portugal.

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xbGw TIL The Beatles refused to play to a segregated audience as stipulated in their contract in 1965
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WkljB TIL the US Navy maintains a 64,000 acre grove of white oaks for the sole purpose of supplying timbers to restore the USS Constitution
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