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TIL Two surfboards left behind during the filming of “Apocalypse Now” are what have birth to the Filipino surfing community

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1j14 TIL: Jazz legend George Melly once asked Mick Jagger why his face was so wrinkled. Jagger told him they were “laughter lines”. Melly replied “Nothing’s that funny.”
m1DZv TIL NYC subway stations have a "zebra board" on the platform that the train conductor needs to visually confirm and point at before opening doors - this ensures the train is stopped at the right place. The protocol originated in Japan, where the additional gesture helps to reduce cognitive errors.
WGnX TIL: In 2006 a woman tried living as a man for 18 months as part of an experiment on “male privilege.” She walked away from the experiment realizing that men are also suffering.
7rKbZ TIL Latvia's symbol of national identity is a rare breed of cow with light blue or dark ultramarine hides, dark meat and produce very little milk. Under Soviet times, the cow was considered useless and tried to breed other cow breeds to replace it, nearly driving the blue cow to extinction.
wLBNM TIL That the chair has been around for nearly 5,000 years. The earliest example in the form of a sculpture from the Cycladic Islands at approximately 2,700 B.C. which was prior to Egyptian chairs, which were typically stools. Chairs with arms and backrests implied elite status.