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TIL a single Dutch restaurant is blocking Wendy’s from opening in the EU

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QJM1p TIL that all three Axis Powers, Germany, Japan, and Italy, were each supposed to host the 1936, 1940, and 1944 Winter Olympics respectively. Only Germany got the chance as both Japan and Italy’s Olympic opportunity were canceled due to the Second World War.
4kroa TIL that in 1973, the Vanderbilts held a family reunion. Not one of the 120 decedents were millionaires at the time.
wLjM TIL that there is a species of lizard that is 100% female. Nicknamed the “Lesbian Lizards”, they still participate in mating rituals in which they mount each other. This stimulates egg production without any gene transfer.
R5lPa TIL Bestiality is still legal in Hawaii, New Mexico, West Virginia, and Wyoming
oRN5E Today I learned about Station IX a secret British Special Operations Executive factory making special weapons and equipment during World War II