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TIL, that France shares its largest border with Brazil

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XEQMX TIL that Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was patterned heavily after Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" . Many of the lines Khan gives are copied or otherwise patterned after Ahab's while Khan himself obsesses over his personal white whale, the Enterprise and her captain.
8dKK TIL America is the most Overworked Developed Nation in the World.
mx7RP TIL Don Featherstone, creator of the famous plastic Pink Garden Flamingo, also wore matching outfits with his wife every single day for 35 years
VB0Nk TIL that the terms "upper case" and "lower case" come from the literal cases of metal letter pieces used in typesetting.
7rXML TIL of the Uffington White Horse, a three thousand year old pictogram made of chalk. The horse is thought to be the oldest hill figure in England and requires regular cleaning and maintenance, a custom that has been occurring since it was constructed.