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TIL that all Medal of Honour recipients receive a special license plate (state dependant) to display on their vehicle.

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XEDXQ TIL that the oldest non-human primate of all time is Cheeta the Chimp, who lived to be 80 years. Becoming famous as one of Tarzan's sidekicks in the 1930s-1960s, Cheeta went on to live a happy life as an Ambassador, also playing piano and painting.
Oo5o4 TIL Switzerland has maintained neutrality in all wars since 1815 and is so adamant about remaining neutral that it rigged its entire infrastructure to explode in an attempt to prevent direct conflict if provoked.
XEnxQ TIL important matters in ancient Persia were decided drunk and then again once sober.
JYebj TIL Earl Simmons (DMX) got his name from an instrument he had used at Children's Home he stayed in as a boy, the Oberheim DMX drum machine; it later was also interpreted as 'Dark Man X'.
wLyM6 TIL that when Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in Gone with the Wind, the first Oscar won by any black entertainer, she had been sitting at a segregated table at the far wall of the room. The venue had a strict no-blacks policy and had only allowed McDaniel in as a favour.