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TIL Olympic medals used to be given for “Town Planning”

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9YXDM TIL Lego is the largest tire manufacturing company in the world, producing over 318 million units every year. That is over 870,000 units every day.
6E6bw TIL that there was a 'British Hitler' in the 20s/30s. Sir Oswald Mosley is a virulent anti-Semitic fascist leader who was on friendly terms with Mussolini. Hitler was a guest of honour at his second wedding that was held in Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels' house.
XEJYP TIL that in 2003, two men stole an empty Boeing 727 from Luanda International Airport and flew it into the sunset. They have never been found.
9xEM TIL that 10,000 years ago, everyone’s eyes were brown until someone living by the Black Sea developed a genetic mutation turning brown eyes blue
LQmwr TIL that The Matrix (1999) motion picture is a disguised depiction of Jesus's Life, where Neo's Life is about finding out if He's The One. He gets killed only to get resurrected. Cypher is Judas and Morpheus is John The Baptist.