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TIL Medals from 2016 Rio Olympic Games are defective and show rusting, chipping

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mx8NM TIL that while repairing a whale enclosure divers during the cold war heard a human-like voice saying "out, out, out," and got out of the water to see nobody. A beluga whale named Noc began to mimic human speech and attempted to communicate with them.
KYoZJ TIL the country of Andorra has no airports or train stations.
R5jdQ TIL in the United States, Halloumi is a registered trademark owned by the government of Cyprus
v18NK TIL that Milestii Mici is the biggest wine cellar in the world with a length of 200 kilometers. It is so big that to help visitors to not get lost, the tunnels have names like cities' names.
N7XlM TIL that the Chinese use drones equipped with flame-throwers to fight trash stuck in power lines.