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TIL Edinburgh, Scotland was the first city in the world to have its own fire brigade

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ADALB TIL In the 1830's the average household drank 7 gallons of ethanol per year. That's 3.4 bottles of Jim Beam per week.
E9dd TIL that at least one third of all duck sex is forced, and female ducks are constantly evolving ways to not get pregnant from constant rape.
0mG5 TIL North Korea has opened restaurants in various Asian countries (and reopened one in Amsterdam) as a way to make money for the regime
nW6po TIL That most currency is contaminated by illicit drugs (mostly cocaine).
LAQ TIL that the oldest hotel in the world is Nisiyama Onsen Keiunkan which is in Hayakawa, Japan. It was founded in 705 AD and has been in continuous operation for 1307 years.