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TIL The hosts of the world's most successful motoring show, Top Gear (Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May) don't actually like each other

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GYlj4 TIL Curious George, the beloved children's book and its authors, escaped the Nazis and the Holocaust by escaping France by bicycle. Margaret and H.A. Rey biked 439 miles from Paris to the Spain border with little else besides their unpublished manuscript about a mischievous monkey.
oRA7R TIL that Bullerby syndrome is a term referring to an idealization of Sweden, which may occur in German-speaking Europe. It consists of a stereotypical image of Sweden, usually with positive associations, including wooden houses, clear lakes, green forests, elk, happy people, and midsummer sunshine.
ZnnB TIL that In 2005, Tennessee began requiring drug dealers to anonymously pay taxes on any illegal substances they sold.
KYlxB TIL freight trains running on street level in NYC killed 540 people on 10th ave by 1910, giving it the moniker "death avenue
1YJd TIL that in December of 2000, Congress passed a federal law requiring all Americans to pause at 3 pm local time on Memorial Day to remember and honor the fallen.