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TIL that there are fridges full of free beer scattered throughout Europe that will only open for Canadians.

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ne187 TIL Francis Clifford Smith, of Connecticut, is the world's longest-serving current prisoner, having been imprisoned for more than 70 years since June 7, 1950. In three months he will become the longest-serving prisoner in world history.
LQOn0 TIL that Mark DeFriest, known as the Houdini of Florida, is a prisoner in the Florida State Prison. His original four-year sentence has since developed into 34 years for 13 escape attempts, 7 of them successful, and hundreds of disciplinary reports.
m1dVp TIL that horizontal collaboration—French women sleeping with German occupiers—was a major contributor to young men joining the French Resistance
woyXW TIL The argan tree grows only in Morocco
REx1 TIL a solar storm like the Carrington Event in 1859 would cause devastation to world electronics if it happened today.