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TIL that in South Africa traffic lights are called “robots”

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VLpp TIL that a French Canadian soldier during WWII single-handedly captured 93 German soldiers and He declined the invitation to be decorated, because according to him General Montgomery (who was giving the award) was “incompetent” and in no position to be giving out medals.
1aKXP TIL that although most people believe that the distress signal SOS stands for "Save our souls" or "Save our ship", the letters don't actually stand for anything.
JLP1 TIL a Zoo Keeper helped a constipated monkey pass a peanut by licking its ass for an hour.
e0d1n TIL in 1744, two Scottish Presbyterian ministers made a plan to have fellow ministers pay a small amount a year into a fund, which would be used to take care of their widows if ministers died. It became the blueprint for modern insurance, and their fund, Scottish Widows, is now worth billions.
5V8w9 TIL that the Roman Emperor Vespasian once levied a tax on urine—the collected urine from public urinals was used in processes like leather tanning and laundering. When questioned about the nature of this revenue, Vespasian famously replied, "Pecunia non olet," meaning “money does not stink.”