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TIL the USA outlet face has a shorter right eye and longer left eye. (Live and neutral wire respectively)

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v1Pl7 TIL about the 1936 soviet movie 'Circus.' A single white mother with a black child flees racism in America & follows the circus to Russia. At its climax, the cast sings to her baby in every language of the USSR.
loVlB TIL: In Taiwan, today, August 8th is celebrated as Father's Day because in Mandarin, 08/08 has the same pronunciation as the word for father: "Ba Ba"
dDED8 TIL With 8,130.5 mm (320.1 inches) of rainfall a year, Quibdó has the highest amount of rainfall in South America of any city of its size or greater. The wettest city of larger size, Monrovia in Liberia, receives 3,050 millimetres (120 in) less rain annually than Quibdó.
yVLkv TIL that getting water from a war zone (the DMZ) is approved by the South Korean military.
R59G8 TIL that in London, Big Ben has a microphone always next to the bell, so that it can play live the bongs at the beginning of the UK news.