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TIL that the killer in the first modern detective novel was an orangutan

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XE6OR TIL that street names follow a specific pattern. A Road connects two points. Street is a public way with buildings on both sides. Avenue is a public way often in a city, usually with trees or buildings on the side. Lane is a narrow road, often in a rural area, court ends in a circle or loop
1aQrW TIL that the Mexican government sent around 500 of it's elite soldiers to be trained as commandos at Ft. Bragg(USA), in order to better combat the rising drug violence in the country. After training, many of the soldiers returned to Mexico, only to start the brutally violent drug cartel: Los Zetas.
BgvxW TIL that Ray Kurzweil, famous for his futuristic predictions about singularity, is the same Kurzweil who founded a famous "Kurzweil Music Systems" company that produces electronic musical instruments
9wwoM TIL that the world’s oldest wooden wheel has been around for more than 5,000 years
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