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TIL of the Danish Protest Pig, a reddish pig breed with a white stripe that looks like the Danish flag. When Danes in Prussian North Frisia were banned from raising their flag, they displayed the protest pig instead.

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j6wgp TIL Ford's first car, a 1903 Model A with an original price of $850, sold at auction in 2012 for $264,000. This specific car was the third 1903 Model A made by Ford and is the oldest known surviving Ford car. The buyer was William Clay Ford Jr, the great-grandson of Ford founder Henry Ford.
b9BNZ TIL In Sri Lanka bread is delivered fresh starting at 5:30AM, in special TukTuks playing Beethoven's Für Elise loudly. While Für Elise is the song of choice for choon paan sellers, it’s not used exclusively, and some opt for Christmas carols, It’s a Small World, or other equally ubiquitous tunes.
9w5yD TIL that “the beard second” is a unit of length, defined by the distance an average beard hair grows in one sec. Inspired by & parodying the light year, it’s generally considered to be five nanometers, as a “standard” beard grows about 15cm (6 in) per year.
WVrN TIL- That Ben and Jerry’s used to have a policy that no employee could make more than five times what the lowest paid worker was paid.
DNve TIL that when Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov visited the US, he developed a great liking for Coca-Cola, but he couldn’t be seen drinking it in public as it was a symbol of capitalism. To get around this, he had a special variant of transparent coke made to resemble vodka, which was more acceptable.