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TIL the idea of a "World Turtle" is centuries old, inspiring the Discworld novel series, as well as the phrase "turtles all the way down"

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j6wvn TIL that there's a steakhouse on the same block as the White House
16p7d TIL about Otto Esche's attempts to import Bactrian camels to Nevada to transport salt across the Sierra Nevada. Silver miners and their animals hated the camels so much that "Virginia City, Nevada, passed an ordinance outlawing camels on the town streets except between midnight and dawn."
Jj68 TIL there is a juice bar in Vernal, Utah that charges you a dollar extra for a smoothie if you claim that you are a liberal.
9JdG TIL Sailor Moon in Japan had a lesbian couple, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptume. In the English translation this is censored, stating they are cousins instead. Due to problematic dubbing flirting was left in, leading some viewers to infer their relationship as incestuous.
Vpxp TIL a man named C.B. Fry is history’s ‘Ultimate All Rounder’: having attended Oxford University; represented England in Cricket and football; played in the FA Cup final; equaled the world long-jump record; as well as having proficiency in teaching, writing, broadcasting, and politics.