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TIL the US Virgin Islands is the only place in the United States that drives on the left, though many cars are left-hand drive like the mainland

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54RQ TIL that Pink Floyd’s inflatable pig, Algie, broke loose during the shooting of their 1976 ‘Animals’ album cover and resulted in grounded flights at Heathrow Airport.
4ljJ TIL Coca-Cola and PepsiCo engineer their soda cans to be exceptionally loud when opened, in hopes of “triggering” others in the nearby vicinity to crave a drink.
ygLX TIL the foundry that made the Liberty Bell still exists and is the oldest manufacturing company in Great Britain
daMr TIL that J.R.R. Tolkien created the words “dwarvish” and “dwarves”, countering the spelling at the time of the books publication which was “dwarfish” and “dwarfs”, and many dictionaries now consider this the proper way to spell the words.
P1AEe TIL director Werner Herzog infrequently hosts his own film school that teaches such things as "the art of lockpicking", "The creation of your own shooting permits" and "The exhilaration of being shot at unsuccessfully" among other things.