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TIL the 'C E' mark (Conformité Européenne, which represents compliance with EU regulations and standards) and 'CE' (China Export, essentially meaningless) are confusingly similar.

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6EWjW TIL a Florida brewery created edible six-pack rings that feed animals instead of killing them
ADxPd TIL that the term "strafing" is a humorous adaptation of the German WW1 catchphrase "Gott strafe England" (may god punish England). The catchphrase derives from a hate song written by a jewish-german poet.
l7oMB TIL Dinasours have lived in another part of the galaxy. Although this news is quite old, I learned today that dinosaurs wouldn't have even seen the stars that we see today in the sky because they didn't exist until millions of years after the extinction event.
W7VZd TIL the Organization Responsible for All Canada Airline Complaints Has a Total of 6 Decision Makers
N871 TIL that people drive on the left side of the road in the UK because during violent feudal times right-handed swordsmen preferred to keep to the left in order to have their right arm nearer to a potential opponent.