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TIL On the APOLLO-SOYUZ mission It was found that the best scenario was for the Russians to speak English and for the Americans to speak Russian.

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M5lm TIL that Montenegro has no own currency and therefore uses the Euro despite not being part of the EU. Before that it used the German mark.
LkGAp TIL about the Salishan languages, a group of languages that lack nouns, using verbs to describe objects instead. For example, "bear" would be expressed using a verb that means "is a bear" in one of these languages.
R7Ov7 TIL Luis Vitton burn any excess stock at the end of each year to main exclusivity, theft and avoid discount prices
rJ4d TIL although being gay is illegal in Iran, being transgender is fully accepted. Although once you change gender you must then only date the opposite gender.
ERPp TIL that Pelican Case will give a free case to veterans who have lost limbs to carry their prosthetics.