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TIL there is a 747 hotel at the airport in Stockholm. You can sleep in the cockpit or inside an engine housing

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R7ymj TIL that lightning can't strike the same place twice is a myth. It can, and often does strike the same place repeatedly. The Empire State Building gets struck about 25 times per year
KYNMQ TIL Swiss cars need a "CH" sticker when driving abroad, required by the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic. Swiss plates have no country code, only the Swiss and cantonal coat of arms and the cantonal code.
M7NMb TIL that all tea types come from the same plant leaves, and it’s how they are processed that determines what type of tea it is (black, green, oolong, etc.)
PxeZ TIL there are more variations in the game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe.
E14bX TIL about 'Auroville', founded in the 60's, is an experimental town located in India with no religion, money or government. It has a population of 2,500 to date.