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rVdw TIL the French flag has uneven proportions in naval use. The blue, white, and red sections are 30%, 33%, and 37%, respectively, to counteract the illusion of size mismatch created when the flag is flapping (flapping makes the section opposite the halyard, the red section in this case, seem smaller)
XE0g8 TIL that the Polish medal for couples who have made it to 50 years of marriage has a higher rank than the medal for deployment to Afghanistan
OoZDY TIL Sardinian women performed bloody euthanasia service to elderly or sick people by hitting them with a hammer in the head
8aAv4 TIL on 1st April 1996 Taco Bell spent $300k on ads claiming that they purchased the Liberty Bell and named it Taco Liberty Bell, and achieved $25 million in free publicity. The White House Press Secretary got on the joke, saying the Lincoln Memorial was turned by Ford into Lincoln-Mercury Memorial.
ANPxd TIL in 2004, Chilean station Canal 13 inserted Cristal Beer commercial stings in the middle of a Star Wars showing, giving the impression as they were part of the movie.