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TIL that the flags of Haiti and Lichtenstein were identical by coincidence. The similarity wasn’t discovered until the two nations competed against each other in the 1936 Olympics.

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m1NER TIL of the longest tail-back in history — cars moved at 2 miles per day
PYEdn TIL The Star Trek Transporter (teleportation) was created due to save money and episode length on showing the ship land on the planet as the original plan.
16BZD TIL famed Mexican wrestler El Santo's brother was actually the one that innovated a high-flying style of wrestling whereas his impact went beyond the ring and into film.
GEoj TIL that a 20 year-old book titled “Foundations of Geopolitics” outlined Russian goals to annex Ukraine, separate the UK from the rest of Europe, and foment racial and isolationist groups in the U.S.
bGn9 TIL white people were also sold into slavery in the ante-Bellum South