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TIL about Dead Horse Bay's Glass Bottle Beach. A beach covered in glass bottles and other nonbiodegradable garbage from a land reclamation project in the 1950s now exposed due to erosion.

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e0dRb TIL despite how TV shows and movies depict it, New York only has a few alleys. Almost every alley scene is shot at the same location: Cortlandt Alley
mxNBM TIL King Louis IX, who died today in 1270, is the only French monarch venerated as a saint. He invited beggars to eat with him at his table daily, and replaced trial by combat with evidence-based trials.
ppwN TIL:The video “Runaway” Train by Soul Asylum had different versions depending in what country it was shown. They each showed photos and videos of missing kids from the areas where it was shown. 26 kids from the video were eventually found.
n7B9 TIL the word “moot” does not mean “pointless”; rather, it means “up to argument or discussion”.
n8o9 TIL that The Netherlands sends 20,000 tulips to Canada each year as thanks for their aid during World War II.