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TIL that ladders have expiration dates.

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p8KWN TIL that Oktoberfest often has the majority of its days in September because the festival is usually 16 days long and its last day is traditionally on the 1st Sunday in October. In years where that day falls before October 3rd, it is extended to commemorate German Unity Day.
5YXXn TIL in Finland, you pay speeding tickets proportional to your income meaning some people can pay over $100,000
691GQ TIL Voltaire was known to drink up to FORTY cups of coffee A DAY at the Café Procope in Paris. He drank his coffee mixed with chocolate.
v1od4 TIL despite the widespread modern belief that the Library of Alexandria was burned once and cataclysmically destroyed, the Library actually declined gradually over the course of several centuries.
MedM7 TIL that in history 24 popes were allegedly active sexually; 7 popes were legally married, and at least 15 had children.