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TIL The real origin of the Mercedes-Benz logo. I was aware of the meaning of the 3 pointed star, but not the rest.

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e9Yn TIL that the residents of Sarajevo remembered those lost in the Bosnian War by filling in with red resin the scars in the concrete caused by mortar/rocket shells. These haunting memorials are called Sarajevo Roses.
Z81J4 TIL of the Creation Evidence Museum, a museum in Texas dedicated to the display of evidence related to creationism. One of their main exhibits is found on the second floor balcony of the museum and features prominently a 12 feet high statue of Dallas Cowboys football coach Tom Landry.
wGw6 TIL that the Glasgow City Council named Scrooge McDuck on a list of famous Glaswegians
E9xP TIL in Scotland, landowners can’t restrict access to land; you’re free to walk across any rural or agricultural land as you please.
kOGmm TIL before Cliven Bundy went to prison for his armed standoff against the government, he was partially responsible for keeping alive a strain of ancient crookneck watermelon who's seeds were found hidden in a cave in Arizona in the 1920s.