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TIL that in Luxembourg you must be trilingual (French, German, Luxembourgish) to graduate secondary school

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9YyEp TIL that in 2013, 9 lost episodes of Doctor Who from 1968 were found in the storeroom of a TV station in Nigeria
E1vgw TIL that Teddy Roosevelt took a break from the presidency to go camping with John Muir for four days. They explored without any supervision/security. Roosevelt was so inspired by the trip that it eventually led to the creation of the National Park Service.
XEoRk TIL the insult of calling liberals "bleeding hearts" was first coined by a columnist who disapproved of politicians trying to stop lynchings
XJwE TIL of the existence of the short-lived Florida-based nation State of Muskogee, which was founded in 1799 in an attempt to resist the expansion of the United States with the assistance of southeastern native tribes
epKV6 TIL that NASA included 3 LEGO figurines aboard their Juno spacecraft for its journey to Jupiter. This was part of the "Bricks in Space" outreach program between NASA and the LEGO Group. The purpose of which was to inspire children to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics.