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TIL about a front brake light. Starting testing for EU in Slovakia.

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d8BW7 TIL that arctic shrews are so territorial that whenever two are placed together in a cage, one will mysteriously die within a few days
8eyPZ TIL during World War I, due to concerns the American public would reject a product with a German name, American sauerkraut (fermented cabbage) makers relabeled their product as "liberty cabbage" for the duration of the war.
epAjD TIL about Operation Abacus, a Canadian military operation in response to anticipated disruption due to the Y2K bug. It was intended as a contingency plan not just to coordinate the protection of government computers but also ensure social order if computing systems went down.
pYPD8 TIL the title to “Inside Out” in Spanish is a pun. It is called “Intensamente” which means intensely but also ends with the word “Mente” or mind
pVjO TIL that the Library of Congress in the US has the unadulterated 35mm print of “Star Wars” submitted to them in 1977 for copyright, and anyone can watch it by prior appointment.