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TIL that a Dutch woman was denied Swiss naturalization despite having lived there for 39 years, because her 'neighbours' deemed her too annoying and not integrated into Swiss society since she often critized Swiss tradition of hanging large bells on cows' necks

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BgV9L TIL that Hasbro released a version of Monopoly specifically for millennials that among other things claims "Forget Real Estate, You Couldn't Afford It Anyway", and features Mr. Monopoly wearing polarized glasses, and holding coffee with a cardboard sleeve
E1Wld TIL Apples do not reproduce true to type, meaning that the tree from the seed will produce apples that are almost certain to be different than the parent. Unless you pollinate the tree by hand, there is no way to know who the other parent is, considering bees could have used almost every other tree
v1meK TIL that the 4 red bars on each corner of the Union Jack don't align.
5VVnr TIL that in Australia's worst aircraft crash no Australians died. In 1943 the crash of a USAAF B17 Flying Fortress took the lives of 40 US servicemen leaving only one survivor. No other aviation incident in Australia before or since has cost more lives.
V5mZ TIL there was a second Fukushima nuclear power plant, 10km to the south, that suffered the same crippling tsunami damage, but was saved from meltdown by a capable leader and heroic staff.