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TIL in Zagreb, Croatia there is replication of all 9 planets (at the time) sizes and distances in the same scale as Sun. In 2004. there was a scavenger hunt to find them beacuse the locations were unknown

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v5rr TIL Chef Boyardee of canned Ravioli fame was awarded both the Gold Star order of excellence from the US War Dept. & the Order of Lenin from Russia for supplying rations to allied troops during WWII
ADElB TIL Canadians in WW1 regularly executed prisoners and exploited truces. "[He] described the practice of lobbing tins of corned beef into a neighbouring German trench. When the Canadians started hearing happy shouts of “More! Give us more!” they then let loose with an armload of grenades."
VvW0 TIL that some bars will paint quarters red and give them to employees so they can put the coins in the jukebox. Since patrons only put money into a jukebox if there is already music playing.
4Xm5w TIL that sending a cruel leader with a group of incompetent men on a dangerous, nearly impossible mission, in the hope they would not return, was likely the main reason for the spanish expedition to find "El Dorado" in 1560.
J1BGQ TIL in 2010, following slumped sales after the Financial Crisis of 2008, Gap decided to redesign their 20-year longstanding logo, costing an estimated $100M. The amount of public backlash was so great, that Gap took the decision to revert back to their old 1990 logo after less than one week.