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TIL Anne V. Coates, Academy winning editor of Lawrence of Arabia, edited 50 Shades of Grey when she was 89

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D1MEr TIL that the classic peace symbol was designed by super-imposing the semaphore (flag) signals of the letters N and D which are to represent 'Nuclear Disarmament'.
6KBW TIL the world’s oldest known creature, a 507 year old clam, was mistakenly killed by scientists.
oPvL TIL The Vatican purchased enough carbon offsets for the enitre Papal city in 2007. To this day, the promised planting of a “Vatican forest” has not happened.
mRax TIL in 2010 Mazda recalled 52000 cars due to spider infestation in the fuel system.
BrpYK TIL that the “ah-choo” sound people make when sneezing is a cultural learned behavior. For example, in the Phillipines they instead say “ha-ching”, the Japanese say “hakashun”, and deaf people don’t add any sounds at all.