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TIL of the Schiphol fly, which is a fly engraved on urinals at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. The psychology is that men will want to "wash" the fly off the urinal so they focus more when urinating, apparently lowering cleaning bills in public bathrooms.

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awgJ0 TIL between 1970 and 1973, four Israeli fighter pilots translated The Hobbit from English to Hebrew to pass the time in an Egyptian prison, where they were held as POWs. The pilots' translation was published commercially in 1977, and up until 2012 was considered the best Hebrew version of the book.
oRZoR TIL Jason Statham used to be a professional High Diver
9YY8Q TIL English has at least 38 different ways to spell the vowel sound in "say". For example <eigh> (eight), <alf> (halfpenny) <au> (gauge) etc.
mxegE TIL while England's name comes from the "Anglo" in Anglo-Saxon, it also could have been called "Sexland" if the "Saxon" name was used
5Ykbp TIL that Bill Wright, the creator of British television quiz show Mastermind, got his idea for the show after being interrogated by the Gestapo during World War II