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TIL Mumbai in India has the highest concentration of Art Deco style buildings in the world after only Miami, US.

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jRwR TIL Jimi Hendrix enlisted in the army to avoid going to prison. He was caught masturbating,sleeping in, smoking weed, and sleeping on duty. He was discharged with a broken ankle after a parachute jump.
LkOJr TIL a Saudi man was arrested for unknowingly buying and flying the LGBT flag. The man's child saw the flag online and thought it was pretty. The doctor (having never seen an LGBT flag) bought one and flew it over his house. Only after religious police arrested him did he learn what it represented.
oRgrr TIL Spiders can fly using electricity in the air (a process called ballooning). They can release silk threads that catch an electric field, which then interacts with the Earth's electric field, providing lift and propulsion. This allows them to travel long distances, even across oceans.
Oo5Kg TIL - If you bite it and die, it is poisonous; if it bites you and you die, it is venomous.
E1xnP TIL Austria has an opt-out organ donor system, in which over 99% of individuals are registered donors. Germany's opt-in system has just 12%.