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TIL owning an electric car in Norway grants you free public parking, free ferry rides and the right to drive in bus lanes.

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9wxN6 TIL Painting Easter eggs was first recorded in the 13th century. The church banned the eating of eggs during Holy Week (the week before Easter). Unaware of the ban, chickens continued laying eggs during this week, which were decorated rather than consumed.
kjJd TIL that Princeton researchers successfully turned a live cat into a functioning telephone in 1929
4kd6R TIL the most expensive coffee is eaten by a type of cat and then pooped out for the best taste
jNOKE TIL: Big circles of brick set in the pavement of some San Francisco intersections aren't meant as old-timey street decoration. They mark buried emergency water tanks in case the city ever catches fire again. They were put in after The Great Fire of 1906 (the big earthquake then broke water mains).
9mP7 TIL Over 2,000 historic Armenian sites were purposely destroyed by the Turkish state between 1923 and 1974; this happened during Turkey’s so-called “secular” era. In addition, a lot of literature was lost: Turks used paper from science books to wrap cheese and dates in the bazaars.