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TIL there is a town in the Netherlands with no roads. Only canals, sidewalks, and bike paths.

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4Xeb TIL In-N-Out Burger is owned by a girl who took over when she was only 23 years old.
P1n0Z TIL that Vincent van Gogh was so in love with his widowed cousin that he held his hand in the flame of a lamp in front of his uncle while saying to him: "Let me see her for as long as I can keep my hand in the flame."
7JGO TIL Napoleon demanded a method of communication that would not require light or sound. ‘Night Writing’ was developed as a tactile military code, but proved too difficult for Napoleon’s troops to learn and was rejected. Night writing became the basis for braille.
JO8V Today I learned that the price of admission for a zoo in 18th century England was a dog or a cat – they were fed to the lions.
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