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TIL that the peace sign stands for Nuclear Disarmament

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ANpBn TIL that there is a "sin tax" on certain goods deemed harmful to society and individuals such as alcohol, tobacco, drugs, candies, soft drinks, fast foods, coffee, sugar and gambling - used to increase prices in an effort to lower demand.
40gw TIL that Douglas Bader was a pilot who could sustain more G-Forces in combat because he had no legs.
m1DJM TIL: That every potential actor during the casting for James Bond has to recreate one specific scene that was originally in "From Russia With Love" the actors include Sam Neill and James Brolin.
D1mOD TIL that “low-key photography” consists of shooting dark-colored scenes while emphasizing light only on specific areas in the frame
dD0Z8 TIL In the 1500s, a priest named Diego de Landa asked a Maya scribe to produce an alphabet of his language and write a sentence. The sentence the scribe wrote was "Ma’ in k’áati’" (I don't want to). The sentence was deciphered in the late 1900s as Maya writing is syllabic, not alphabetic.