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TIL that in northern Finland, reindeer’s horns are painted with a fluorescent color in order to avoid car accidents.

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JdG8 TIL the exact same piano was used on ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, 'Hey Jude’, 'Satellite of Love’, 'Life on Mars’, and 'Tiny Dancer’ as well as many more. (From 19:47)
yVBRl TIL the use of blinding laser weapons was outlawed under the 1995 Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons and prohibited the use of “laser weapons specifically designed, as their sole combat function or as one of their combat functions, to cause permanent blindness to unenhanced vision.”
OGZBY TIL in 1960 Tom and James Monaghan bought DomiNick's, a small pizzeria, for $1400. Not wanting to quit his full-time job as a postman, James traded his half of the business to Tom for the VW Beetle they used for deliveries. Tom would later buy two more pizzerias and found Domino's Pizza.
0v6y TIL The voice actor who voices Optimus Prime also voices Eeyore from Winnie The Pooh
50dR TIL that in 1984 the French planted a bomb in London to test British security.