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TIL The Netherlands - a country below sea level - has water management elections.

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Br84D TIL about Juan Pujol García, a double agent who tricked German leaders about the date and location of the invasion of Normandy which lead to its success. He was notable for having received distinction from both sides; the Iron Cross from the Nazis and membership of the Order of the British Empire
loLvB TIL that there is no French word for 'whiskey'
VMDGB TIL Lenny Kravitz's first number one hit was not a song he sang, but one he wrote and produced. It was "Justify My Love", sung by Madonna.
rRP5M TIL that in 1900, during the Scofield mine explosion, a guy named John Wilson was thrown at least 820 feet into the air. He survived
J1pk8 TIL that Electrician and Mechanic magazine had six title changes and multiple mergers, in a period of only two years. The magazine which boasted of having an exclusively male readership, eventually became Popular Science.