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TIL that the Great Fire of London (1666) was made worse due to the indecisiveness of the Lord Mayor, Sir Thomas Bloodworth. He reportedly said, "A woman might piss it out" and shortly later, was close to fainting. It took King Charles II to handle the situation and damages totaled £2 billion

9wKkp TIL, The Netherlands gives Canada 20,000 tulips every year as a thank you for protecting the Dutch royal family in WW2
By0L TIL North America has 6% of the world population but 34% of human biomass
GY6Dg TIL That hard drive memory's are smaller because they read a different type of computer language
kJve1 TIL one of flags of Six Flags represents the Confederacy
x65K0 TIL there is a person in India with the first name Rickspringfield.