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TIL the Netherlands does not have stray dogs.

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xV0og TIL of Vittorio Emanuele, son of the last King of Italy. He was banned from entering Italy until 2002 when he renounced all claim to the throne. Controversially he has also been tried on charges of murder, criminal association, racketeering, conspiracy, corruption and exploitation of prostitution.
PYVjE TIL that Uncle Tom was actually a very selfless and pious man who was brutally beaten for protecting fellow blacks
V9K8 TIL that the shortest scientific paper published, “The unsuccessful self-treatment of a case of writer’s block”, was written by Dennis Upper and published in 1974. It contains no text except for the title.
5Abp TIL Michele Ferrero, the owner of Ferrero Rocher is the richest man in Italy with with over $20B in net worth. He also owns Nutella and Tic Tac.
vPQK TIL there is a 31 year old, unsolved, brutal quadruple murder. Men, women and children were murdered and kidnapped. But 3 young boys were found, uninjured, in the bedroom the next morning. Authorities don’t know who did it, or why.