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rMLy TIL that the Holy See, the jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome is a permanent observer state of the United Nations and has used this status to oppose the adoption of a resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity proposed by the European Union in the General Assembly.
vx98 TIL barcode scanners scan the white bars not the black ones
Y70kx TIL U.S. railroads adopted the Standard Time System on the "Day of Two Noons." On Nov. 18, 1883, the Univ. of Pittsburgh's observatory telegraphed railroads at the exact moment of high noon under the 90th meridian line to reset/synchronize their clocks, dissolving the 100+ timezones previously used.
R5NLa TIL - Henry Ford's chief strikebreaker/union buster, Harry Bennett, was immediately fired after Ford's retirement in 1945. Bennett drew a gun on Jack Bugas who delivered the news. Bugas, a former FBI agent, then took out his own gun and threatened to shoot Bennett in the heart.
nW9Gb TIL the world's largest human poo belonged to a Viking man in the 9th century and was on display in a British musuem. The massive turd was 20 cm in length and 5 cm in width, and was a result of the Viking man being sick as authorities found several hundred parasitic eggs in the poo.