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TIL that 3% of all movies in the 1960s featureed quicksand

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Wk168 TIL that there are two impact craters, each about 20 miles in diameter, side-by-side in Canada. Despite being next to each other, one struck 465 million years ago, the other 286 million years ago.
L1Av TIL in South Korea, China, and Japan there is free internet access.
5XOQ TIL the term freelance dates back to 1820 describe a “free-lance,” indicating that the lance is not sworn to any lord’s services.
p8QDp TIL There is a park in Amsterdam called Vondelpark where adults were legally allowed to have sex in the park, as long as they took their garbage with them afterwards and never had intercourse near the playground. Sexual activities were to be limited to the evening hours and night.
BKKk TIL that students in Karasjok, north in Norway dont get to stay home from school until its -50°C (-58°F). The school bus stops driving when it`s -38°C (-36°F).