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K7yB TIL that all fourth graders in the US have free admission to national parks
9YXLp TIL that the Second Battle of Ypres was the first time a former colonial force (the 1st Canadian Division) defeated a European power (the German Empire) in Europe (at the Battle of St. Julien and Battle of Kitcheners' Wood).
N11Q TIL that there is an alternative to the Golden Rule called the Platinum Rule which tells us to treat others as they would wish to be treated.
yQKal TIL Mr. Rogers was a lifelong vegetarian because he didn't "want to eat anything that has a mother"
7rYWp TIL that when in North Korea in 2011, graffiti saying “Park Chung Hee and Kim Jong Il are both dictators; Park Chung Hee a dictator who developed his country’s economy, Kim Jong Il a dictator who starved people to death” was found at a Pyongyang college, the entire city went into a 3 day lockdown