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TIL that the US has a national cycling route network, the United States Bicycle Route System. It consists of interstate long-distance cycling routes with off-road paths, bicycle lanes, and low-traffic roads.

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VBgnm TIL 50 cent and Ja Rule had a long running feud. In 2018, 50 cent brought 200 front row seats to a Ja Rule show via Groupon, just so the seats were left empty.
KwrQ TIL in 1968 a tower block in London partially collapsed after a woman tried to make a cup of tea.
gr5aA TIL in 1923 the German Newspaper Vorwärts lost a libel trial brought by Adolf Hitler. They had claimed he was funded by "American Jews and Henry Ford."
yVOMV TIL of the lost civilization of Tartessos in modern Spain, who's language is unclassified. The location is unknown but is thought to have been near a giant estuary that turned into the Guadalquivir Marshes. Some to speculate Tartessos to be the biblical Tarshish or even Atlantis.
5YXdD TIL that "lactose-free milk" is just milk with an added enzyme that helps lactose-intolerant people digest it.