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TIL while filming the Bond film "Goldfinger" (1964), the re-creation of the Fort Knox repository was incredibly accurate and looked so real that a 24-hour guard was placed on the set at Pinewood Studios so that pilferers would not steal the gold bar props.

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X0Kkk TIL that flying the Union Flag upside down can be taken as a distress signal or even an insult. It has a correct way up (St Andrew’s white above St Patrick’s red), should never be flown dirty or torn, needs no permission in the UK, and can be flown at night if lit.
neLod TIL Converse shoes have “fuzzy soles” so they can be imported as slippers which dramatically reduces import taxes.
X0byk TIL On 29 April 1952, the Okinawan social mass party launched an Association for Promotion of Reversion to Japan, which initiated a signature campaign for the demand of reunification with Japan. The campaign gathered more than 199,000 signatures (72%+ of the eligible voters of Okinawa).
rNkO4 TIL that the Virginia wildlife center staff dress in fox costumes while caring for orphaned kit
j6oMR TIL: Vietnam has a few unique monsters, one is the Ma Vú Dài, a lady ghost with long breasts that attacks victims at night to forcefully breastfeed them until they fall unconscious. In the 60s, prisoners in Saigon reported seeing a women with long breasts force feeding cellmates.