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TIL In Costa Rica streets aren’t named and houses aren’t numbered

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W84B TIL In a 2012 interview with TheWrap, Morgan Freeman explained his religious views as follows: “It’s a hard question because as I said at the start, I think we invented God. So if I believe in God, and I do, it’s because I think I’m God.”
VdMB TIL that Penguinone, an organic chemical compound, got its name from the fact that its molecular structure resembles a penguin.
v1ml8 TIL that French billionaire Pierre Bernard Papillaud demanded that the city of Weeds in California give up its water source, Beaughan Spring, to his bottled water company Christaline.
JYj88 TIL that Ronda Rousey won a Bronze Medal in Judo at the 2008 Olympics. She was the first US woman to win one.
BgoZk TIL the techno nightclub "Toffler" in Rotterdam is a converted pedestrian tunnel, and features a hydraulic DJ system that moves back and forth throughout the night. It was named for futurist Alvin Toffler.