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x6Kk0 TIL of an aprils fool prank in 1962 (Sweden) that said you would get color tv if you put stockings over your tv. Thousands and thousands of stockings were destroyed that day. Color tv wasn't to air until 1967 (in sweden).
LknBQ TIL that on September 23, 2009, former prime minister of Libya Muammar Gaddafi attempted to abolish the nation of Switzerland, by proposing a division of the country between France, Italy, and Germany.
wLRZJ TIL - In 2010, French cuisine earned a spot on UNESCO's World Heritage List. The "gastronomic meal of the French" is alongside other embodiments of "intangible" cultural heritage, including Peking opera and Corsican polyphonic chant, on UNESCO's list celebrating world art forms and traditions.