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TIL Filipinas can drive safer due to Tesla

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wojM8 TIL that in 2020, a bizarre new type of extinct deep-sea plesiosaur was discovered in Norway. Despite being 5 to 5.5 meters (16-18 ft) long, the marine reptile's head was tiny, being only 20 centimeters (8 inches) long. It also had a small brain, extremely large eyes, and likely ate squid.
yQxJp TIL during WWII the British planned to build a giant aircraft carrier out of ice (actually a wood pulp/ice mix) to protect the convoys in the Atlantic from German U boats. The project ended owing to rising costs and the development of longer-range aircraft that closed the gap in air coverage.
5YdKR TIL that for the private citizen, there are no penalties for violating the US flag code. And that, "the Flag Code serves as a guide to be followed on a purely voluntary basis to insure proper respect for the flag."
rDxx TIL that in China, real-estate developers hire white people to boost businesses because they make “the place feel classier.”
vEg4 TIL the Chinese have a version of Bigfoot/Yeti/Sasquatch called the Yeren – and there is Youtube footage of a supposed half-human/half-Yeren from a remote Chinese village