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TIL that the Netherlands has its own version of the Bible Belt.

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6jyw TIL that before his death, Lenin published a testament that stated Stalin should be immediately removed from power as Lenin was “not sure if he can be trusted to use authority with sufficient caution”
8eYZ4 TIL Roman Emperor Diocletian was the first to voluntarily retire in 305 AD to grow cabbages. When begged to return to power, he declined, saying "If you could see the vegetables I grow with my own hands, you wouldn’t talk to me about empire." He lived out his days gardening by the Dalmatian coast
VB5wp TIL Feudal Japan thought a mythical catfish that lived deep in the earth was the cause of earthquakes and other natural disasters.
N7P4b TIL in 1941, a Great Dane named Juliana saved her master's home from burning down during the Blitz by urinating on a German incendiary bomb which had fallen through the roof. For this she was awarded the Blue Cross, similar to the Dickin Medal.
Wa7A TIL that most, if not all, white cats with blue eyes are deaf. In white cats with mixed colored eyes, deafness affects only the ear on the blue-eyed side.