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TIL in the 1940s and 50s, a vast labyrinth of subterranean tunnels were dug into the frozen permafrost underneath Novy Port in Siberia for cold storage. It's been called the world’s largest natural refrigerator. The tunnels run for more than a kilometer and has some 200 small side tunnels and caves.
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TIL In 1834, Francois and Joseph Blanc bribed an optical semaphore operator to transmit stock market updates to them in advance of regular news. The scheme went on for two years before being discovered.
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TIL that the Japanese calendar is divided into 72 seasons instead of the traditional 4, based on such nuances of weather and nature such as "bamboo shoots sprouting", "wheat ripening" and "Swallows return".