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TIL: SWISS MADE means the watch only has to have 60% swiss components.

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GYbP1 TIL the most lopsided officially recorded soccer score in history was 149-0. The losing team intentionally scored 149 own goals to protest refereeing from previous games.....
l7nG7 TIL that the distinct illustration style of 'The Adventures of Tintin' called 'Ligne claire', was created by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It uses clear strong lines, no hatching, little contrast, and strong colors with realistic background. It influenced many other artists, f. ex. Chris Ware,
We5N TIL that Superman was originally incapable of flying in the 1940s; hence the phrase “Able to LEAP tall buildings in a single bound.” The animators of Superman’s first cartoon thought it looked silly, so they requested, and were granted, permission to give him the ability of flight.
BrRrb TIL the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab Kit was the world’s most dangerous toy,which included three sources of radiation and four uranium ores that are also radioactive. The kit, which first went on sale in 1950, came with an instruction booklet and pamphlet on how to prospect uranium.
wL8gW TIL that Erik The Red who discovered Greenland, called it Greenland in spite of its ice cover, because people would be attracted to go there if it had a favorable name, and used it as a trick to lure settlers to Greenland