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TIL Swiss cars need a "CH" sticker when driving abroad, required by the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic. Swiss plates have no country code, only the Swiss and cantonal coat of arms and the cantonal code.

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eQME TIL that in 1859, an American farmer in the San Juan Islands shot a pig who was eating his potatoes, but the pig happened to belong to a British colonist. In the ensuing confrontation, 461 Americans and 14 artillery faced 5 British warships with 70 cannons and 2140 men. The only casualty was the pig
newVW TIL in 2015 a Texas man attempted to shoot an armadillo, but it's armored shell bounced the bullet back and hit the shooter in the head
7r9XZ TIL that in 1985 French Military Agents bombed a green peace vessel in a New Zealand harbor that was there to protest French Nuclear testing on a nearby island. The blast killed one crewmember.
gr0dA TIL that IBM was also a military contractor in WW2 and produced M1 Carbines in 1943
W7jjN TIL that the town of Chevy Chase, Maryland wasn't named after the actor, or vice versa. Both were named after an English historical ballad about a war that took place on the border between England and Scotland.