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TIL The only upside-down stoplight in the world is in Syracuse, NY because some persistent local Irish kids didn’t want the red (British) above green (Ireland).

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KjDG TIL That NATO must treat any attack on an ally’s soil as if it were their own, unless it’s Hawaii.
ORKY TIL Iditarod huskies have a ‘Maximal Oxygen Uptake’ (V02 Max) as high as 240 mL/(kg·min) - greater than Thoroughbred horses (180 mL/(kg·min), and nearly three times greater than the highest human V02 max ever recorded (97.5 mL/(kg·min).
vPN54 TIL the Ancient Greek Religion continued to be practiced until the late 9th Century AD. The Maniot people were not fully Christianized until the reign of Basil I (867-886). By this time Islam had already been in existence for two centuries and Christianity had begun to split into multiple doctrines.
1aYxW TIL In November 2007, a man in Kansas City, Missouri, was discovered with an I. alvarius toad in his possession, and charged with possession of a controlled substance after authorities determined he intended to use its secretions for recreational purposes
ADJaw TIL Airbus 380 has around 500km (310 miles) of wire cabling