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TIL that the red shapes in the Frisian Flag are actually water-lily leaves

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v1KmL TIL about China's biggest drug bust. A 'Breaking Bad' village in China that had 77 Meth labs and 20% of the villagers involved in the production and supply of more than a third of China's Meth output. The local police protected the operation and used police vehicles to move drugs around.
4kdPR TIL about HSC Francisco, the fastest passenger ship in operation, serving the Buenos Aires - Montevideo route at 67 mph / 107 kph
loRE5 TIL than in 2012 Iceland considered adopting the Canadian Dollar as its currency
dDRQK TIL that Jane Fonda, two time Academy Award winner, activist, and former fashion model was named after the third wife (1536/7) of King Henry VIII , Jane Seymour, to whom she is distantly related on her mother's side.
1aGMP TIL that the US Postal Service banned the mailing of people in 1914 after a four-year-old was sent by her parents across the state of Idaho for 53¢.