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TIL that Switzerland does not have a capital by law, and it is in modest city of Bern, not Zürich, where the Parliament meets.

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1J7r TIL that S.E. Hinton, the author of The Outsiders, received a D in creative writing during the school year that she penned her classic novel.
epeZg TIL that George Washington only left the present-day United States one time in his life, when he traveled to Barbados with his brother in 1751.
mvo TIL that London will be the first city to have ever hosted the Olympics three times. 1908, 1948, and now 2012.
nPrY TIL Teddy Roosevelt had 31 pets at the White House. His pets included a one-legged rooster, a hyena, and a small bear.
v1rAB TIL Gorillas are vegans – the only lapse is the occasional ant – eating leaves, flowers, shoots and stems. A big male needs to consume 75lb of food a day, so they spend much of their time grazing, with the occasional downtime for naps. Their lives are ‘a picnic party with no beginning and no end’