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TIL that English adjectives have a specific order - Opinion, Size, Physical Quality, Shape, Age, Colour, Origin, Material, Type, Purpose

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JY1D8 TIL parts of Tokyo’s transit system was designed by intelligent fungus.
Eop0 TIL a city in Sweden uses light therapy in bus stops to combat depression during winter when 19 hours of the day are darkness
pYBY4 TIL The second Prime Minister of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri, died in mysterious circumstances in 1966. No autopsy was ever performed, the Indian Government released no information about his death, and the media was kept silent. His death is considered to be one India's biggest unsolved mysteries.
ZpdgG TIL: Japanese Gossip Youtuber, GaaSyy, won an election, but became the first parliament member to be expelled in 72 years for not showing up for work in almost a year. He campaigned from Dubai using his 1.2 million subscribers and won the election. However, he never returned to Japan.
gMGP7 TIL Ethanol works as an antiknock agent just as well as tetraethyllead (TEL) when blended in fuel at 20-30%. General Motors decided to go with TEL instead of ethanol because it was patentable and thus profitable. Internal memos showed they knew of TEL alternatives but publicly denied them.