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TIL that the largest embassy in the world is the U.S embassy in Iraq.It cost $750 million to build and is larger than the Vatican City.

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1aBQ7 TIL two surfers Andrew Cooper and Alex Schulze started the 4ocean movement and now has 27 operations around the world and has collected 4 million pounds of trash since 2017.
OGQBR TIL In Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria and other countries, the philosophy of the law holds that it is human nature to want to escape captivity. In these countries, those who escape jail and do not break any other laws are not charged and no extra time is added to their sentence.
nxGo TIL “Eigengrau” is the color seen by the eye in perfect darkness
ANrY4 TIL that coca-cola was banned in Portugal because the man who wrote the slogan made people think the product was a drug.
WkVlA TIL: A professional big game hunter died during a hunt when a member of his group fired at a storming elephant cow and the animal fell on him.